Defending Jacob
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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’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. Damning evidence. Doubt. A faltering marriage. The neighbors’ contempt. A murder trial that threatens to obliterate Andy’s family. It is the ultimate test for any parent: How far would you go to protect your child? It is a test of devotion. A test of how well a parent can know a child. For Andy Barber, a man with an iron will and a dark secret, it is a test of guilt and innocence in the deepest sense.
How far would you go?
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Warning:The gift this book delivers is not tied with a bow but with a tightly knotted noose.
Everything you would expect from this genre and more. I had never heard of this author but I went for an introductory visit with my new primary doctor. I told him my wife had a book being considered by a publisher and he told me about his friend, William Landay. Thanks Dr. Keithann for leading me here.
The basic premise is every parents nightmare, “what if my child grows up to be a criminal?” But in this case fourteen year old Jacob is becoming the worst type of criminal - a murderer...or is he? Do bad things just happen when people are around Jacob? You will turn these pages till you read the very last sentence and then savor the shock at how everything falls into place.
Perfect summer read. Sure to be a movie if it's not already in production somewhere, trust me, it will be. Read this book.
The plot does not hang together fora legal thriller. Too much time is spent rehashing non-important details. Nothing interesting here.
Je me souviens encore de cet excellent roman où la psychologie des personnages m'avait marqué. J'aurais plaisir, je pense, à le relire un jour, même en connaissance le twist final.
