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Defending Jacob

Defending Jacob

Author(s): William Landay

Location(s): Boston

Genre(s): Crime, Thriller

Era(s): Modern

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Andy Barber is an assistant district attorney in suburban Boston. A 14-year-old boy, Ben Rifkin, has been stabbed to death in the woods near the local school, and it is Andy’s son, Jacob, who is the one who’s been arrested for the crime. Andy is suspended from his job whilst the cogs start to grind into action, but he knows full well how skewed things can get….

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It is a really gripping read with a phenomenal end – Leroy Jardine –

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