Andrew "Andy" Barber is an assistant district attorney
living in Newton, a suburban Massachusetts area, and truly
enjoys his life. He has a wife that he's still madly in love
with and a fourteen year old son, Jacob, who he dotes on.
Andy is respected and great at his job. In short, he
couldn't ask for his life to be any better.
That all changes when a young man, also fourteen years old,
is found murdered. Andy is just as outraged and sad as all
of the other families in their community. He promises to see
that the killer is caught and justice is served. This
promise is made before the unthinkable happens.
Evidence turns up linking Jacob, Andy's own son, to the
crime. In no time, Jacob is formally charged with the murder
of his fellow student.
DEFENDING JACOB started out a bit slow for me because
William Landay, the author, tends to put in a lot of details
about everything. This is neither good nor bad. I just don't
happen to be one of those people who enjoy reading too many
details. Having said that, DEFENDING JACOB turned out to be
one of the best books I've ever had the pleasure of reading.
Once it pulls you in, you're hooked.
This one has big screen movie written all over it! I would
love to see it made into a feature film. All of the elements
of a blockbuster are right there within the pages of
DEFENDING JACOB. There's suspense but it's not actually the
scary kind. It is more along the lines of what is going to
be discovered next during the investigation. I do enjoy the
unveiling of clues and this was done with a finesse that
held just the right amount of teasing before showing it all.
DEFENDING JACOB is an involving book. I became part of its
cast of characters. There were plenty of human weaknesses
and just the kind of behavior that you would find in a small
town when one of their own is murdered and another is
accused of the crime. While I did want to shake the main
characters more than once, I could still understand their
behavior when put into this horribly, unthinkable situation.
Suffice it to say that DEFENDING JACOB is a book that has it
all. A twisted murder mystery that has one slam dunk of an
ending. Whatever you do, read it as Mr. Landay has written
it. Don't skip ahead to the end or you'll wish you hadn't!
Andy Barber has been an assistant district attorney in his
suburban Massachusetts county for more than twenty years. He
is respected in his community, tenacious in the courtroom,
and happy at home with his wife, Laurie, and son, Jacob. But
when a shocking crime shatters their New England town, Andy
is blindsided by what happens next: His fourteen-year-old
son is charged with the murder of a fellow student.
Every parental instinct Andy has rallies to protect his boy.
Jacob insists that he is innocent, and Andy believes him.
Andy must. He�s his father. But as damning facts and
shocking revelations surface, as a marriage threatens to
crumble and the trial intensifies, as the crisis reveals how
little a father knows about his son, Andy will face a trial
of his own�between loyalty and justice, between truth and
allegation, between a past he�s tried to bury and a future
he cannot conceive.
Award-winning author William Landay has written the
consummate novel of an embattled family in crisis�a
suspenseful, character-driven mystery that is also a
spellbinding tale of guilt, betrayal, and the terrifying
speed at which our lives can spin out of control.
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