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Can you call yourself a fan of Defending Jacob by William Landay. Andy Barber has been working as an assistant district attorney in his small Massachusetts county. He has been working in the courtroom for twenty years. The last thing Andy would be faced with is having is fourteen-year-old son accused of murder of a fellow student. As the story unravels itself, Andy gets blindsided as to how little he knew about his son. As a father, he is torn between...
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Defending Jacob: by William Landay Conversation Starters. Did he, or didn't he? This is the simple premise for the psychological legal thriller, Defending Jacob. Jacob is the 14-year-old son of the district attorney, and he is accused of murdering a classmate. At first, it is hard to believe that such a thing is possible, but as the story progresses, information spills out about Jacob's past. His parents fight tooth and nail to get him acquitted,...
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Andy Barber has been an assistant district attorney in his suburban Massachusetts county for more than twenty years. 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. 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 the truth and allegation, between...
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"Three grown siblings confront their father's role in their mother's disappearance in this arresting novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Defending Jacob. Jane Larkin disappeared without a trace in November 1976. When ten-year-old Miranda arrives home from school that autumn afternoon, finding her mother's pocketbook in its usual spot in the front hall, she assumes her mother will be back any minute. But as the hours tick by, alone...
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"For the three Daley brothers -- Joe, a cop; Michael, a prosecutor; and Ricky, a master thief crime -- is the family business. They are simply on different sides of it -- until the terrifying killer known as the Boston strangler strikes too close to home. Now each brother must look deeper into a killer's murderous rage -- as well as their own family's lethal secrets -- and the one death that has changed the forever" -- Cover verso.
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"THE FALL GIRL is the story of three women involved in a high profile murder trial-the hot-shot lead prosecutor; the young up-and-comer chosen to co-chair the case; and the teenage girl standing trial for the sensational murder of her mother-and the secrets each is compromised by. Its nimble balancing of legal expertise and dark and dramatic psychological suspense reminds me in part of William Landay's DEFENDING JACOB, and a bit (because of the female...
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"Based on the New York Times best-selling novel, this series unfolds around a shocking crime that rocks a small Massachusetts town and one family in particular, forcing an assistant district attorney to choose between his sworn duty to uphold justice and his unconditional love for his son"--Container.
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La comunidad de Newton es un elegante barrio residencial que ofrece una instantánea perfecta de la vida acomodada, hasta que un día aparece en mitad del bosque el cadáver de Ben Rifkin, de tan solo catorce años, con tres puñaladas en el pecho, momento en que el apacible vecindario pierde la inocencia para siempre. El ayudante del fiscal del distrito, Andy Barber, se hace cargo del caso, al que se le da la máxima prioridad. Sin embargo, cuando...
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"Andy Barber, zastepca prokuratora okregowego w Massachusetts od ponad dwudziestu lat, jest szanowany w swojej spolecznosci, nieustepliwy na sali sadowej i szczesliwy w domu z zona Laurie i synem Jacobem. Az do chwili gdy szokujaca zbrodnia wstrzasa ich spokojnym miasteczkiem. Zostaje zamordowany szkolny kolega Jacoba. Andy prowadzi sledztwo.I nagle okazuje sie, ze morderca moze byc jego czternastoletni syn... Rodzicielski instynkt Andy'ego krzyczy,...