Defending Jacob
A Novel
by William Landay
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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Psychological Thriller, Thriller, and Most Recommended Books.
Andy Barber has been an assistant district attorney for two decades. He is respected. Admired in the courtroom. Happy at home with the loves of his life: his wife, Laurie, and their teenage son, Jacob.Then Andy_x0092_s quiet suburb is stunned by a shocking crime: a young boy stabbed to death in a leafy park. And an even greater shock: The accused is Andy...
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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Psychological Thriller, Thriller, and Most Recommended Books.
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Stephen King
“DEFENDING JACOB, the novel, is great. So are William Landay?s other two books, MISSION FLATS and THE STRANGLER. Does anyone know if he?s still writingI?d love another one. | DEFENDING JACOB, the novel, is great. So are William Landay’s other two books, MISSION FLATS and THE STRANGLER. Does anyone know if he’s still writingI’d love another one.”
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Consider And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie. Recommended by 3 sources.
“Starts like a social parlor game that hardens into a sealed-island murder puzzle: ten strangers, an accusing recorded message, and a steady body count keep momentum tight. Main value is the hair-splitting plotting and the intellectual pleasure of spotting and checking clues against the solution. Main limitation is thinly sketched characters and a schematic moral tone, so emotional depth is secondary to clever mechanics—readers who want soulful characterization will find the cast functional rather than lived-in.”
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