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Original Title:	Defending Jacob
ISBN:	0385344228 (ISBN13: 9780385344227)
Edition Language:	English
Characters:	Andy Barber, Jacob Barber, Laurie Barber, Ben Rifkin, Dan Rifkin, Jonathan Klein, Neal Logiudice, Father O'Leary, Paul Duffy, Derek Yoo, Leonard Patz
Setting:	Massachusetts(United States) Newton, Massachussets(United States)
Literary Awards:	Barry Award Nominee for Best Novel (2013), Hammett Prize Nominee (2012), Strand Critics Award for Best Novel (2012), Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Mystery & Thriller and for Goodreads Author (2012)

Defending Jacob

William Landay

Hardcover | Pages: 421 pages

Rating: 3.98 | 241500 Users | 19552 Reviews

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Title	:	Defending Jacob
Author	:	William Landay
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 421 pages
Published	:	January 31st 2012 by Delacorte Press
Categories	:	Fiction. Mystery. Thriller. Crime. Suspense. Mystery Thriller. Audiobook

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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. 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.

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I reading list doesn't usually include a heavy diet of courtroom murder thrillers-(and family drama) ---but I'm not sure why not--I enjoyed this book! It was a page turning read ---but -- I was not 'just reading' (page after page) ---I spent much time 'contemplating' the many twists and turns. As the reader --I was left to my imagination often (the manner in which the author wrote this absorbing novel). I was never clear who 'really' had the upper hand (who was ahead during the days of the

Many things were a turn off for me in this legal thriller, like Andy Barber's propensity to hint at future developments as he narrates the past. To wit: "I think about that now, how I should have seen Laurie then, should have paid more attention...I was a fool...I know that now." These multiple vague references combined with mysterious transcripts from another trial frustrated me. Then at the end, there's a "twist," followed by an abrupt ending where we have to guess what happens. And the story

I should probably "plead the fifth" on this one, as so many of my friends enjoyed this legal....thriller? mystery? angsty hand-wringer? Defending Jacob didn't really work on any level for me, sad to say. William Landay's many years employed as a DA are evident here, as the courtroom scenes are competently written, but implausibilities abound (as does really awful dialogue, particularly amongst adults, curiously enough). The end result is (as one keen observer noted in a one-word dismissal:)



this story has an open end, readers are free to draw their own conclusion about the murders and murderer but where this book really pulled me in was the court room drama and all that was said in favor of and against the murderer. Other than that I found it to be a mediocre read.

Normally, when a book screams at me, I'm going to be a movie, someday! I let it go. In the case of Defending Jacob, I sullenly read on, primarily because it was this month's selection for my book club at the Adult Center (view spoiler)[ (hide spoiler)].I would no sooner have shown up on Tuesday AM to face this band of retired teachers and librarians without having read the book, than I would have smoked pot before taking the SAT's. So on I read, becoming increasingly annoyed as implausible

If you have been like me and have this on your Tbr like forever, I think you might want to read it. I don't know what took so long for me to read this. It was a big surprise. I loved this and its a really great book.Its been awhile since I've read a good courtroom thriller and I will be reading more books by this authorIt also has given me the urge to want to read more legal thrillers. This book played very well on my emotions. It kept me in suspense, turning the pages till late at night.Andy