Defending Jacob

from PortM

I really enjoyed this, although the only character I could really empathize with was the mother. Honestly for nearly the entire book I wished I could smack the main character, with his willful obtuseness and irritating arrogance. I felt, in his own way, that he's as much a sociopath as any of his...

from WeeziesBooks

The novel "Defending Jacob" by William Landay is a mixture including searching for a murderer, lawyer and law enforcement interactions, and the portrayal of family dynamics during crisis. Jacob Barber, a 14 year old rather solitary boy and his family are suddenly confronted with the murder of one...

from KimSmyth

An excellent page turner! This book is well written on all accounts--the father-son relationships, the courtroom scenes, the reactions of everyone around the main characters. The ending delivers a powerful twist that you will NEVER see coming. I highly recommend this book!

from lupoman

I received this Advanced Reader Copy (ARC) through LibraryThing Early Reviewers. I liked this book a lot; in fact, so did the hundreds before me that read this ARC. It's the best book I read of its genre. Period. This is the author's third book, and even though the first two stories won him many ...

from KingRat

William Landay comes out with a book of crime fiction about every 5 years, and they are always worth a read. His first was Mission Flats in 2002, and The Strangler came out in 2007. I don't appear to have reviewed Mission Flats, though I did read it. Perhaps it was before I started writing little...