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1 lut 2012 · Landay does the seemingly impossible by coming up with a new wrinkle in the crowded subgenre of courtroom thrillers. Assistant District Attorney Andy Barber is called to a gruesome crime scene after Ben Rifkin, a 14-year-old boy, has been brutally stabbed in a city park. One suspect seems likely, a pedophile who lives nearby and is known to ...
31 sty 2012 · Defending Jacob is about Assistant District Attorney Andy Barber whose son Jacob is arrested for the murder of his classmate. Andy believes in his son's innocence 100%. Even when evidence starts to come out that makes little Jakey look guilty as Fuck.
12 lut 2012 · Feb. 12, 2012. There are two types of suspense that run through “Defending Jacob,” a courtroom drama that hinges on the murder of a high school boy. The first comes from trying to guess who...
5 lut 2012 · Each book delves deep into the character of its protagonist and his family, and both offer caustic but informed indictments of our legal system. Finally, both provide a stunning ending.
4 maj 2020 · Then Andy’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’s own son—shy, awkward, mysterious Jacob. Andy believes in Jacob’s innocence. Any parent would. But the pressure mounts.
A suspenseful, character-driven mystery about murder, guilt, family, and the ties that bind. The verdict is in: BookBrowse readers think William Landay's Defending Jacob is a hit - 23 out of 24 reviewers rated it 4 or 5 stars! Here's what they have to say:
The opening page of the novel contains an epigraph, attributed to Reynard Thompson, on the human propensity for violence. Landay tweeted in 2020 that Thompson does not exist and that the book from which the quote was allegedly obtained, named A General Theory of Human Violence, is fictional. [4]
