01709cam a2200265 4500 212554369 TxAuBib 20120131120000.0 110328s2012||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780385344227 acid-free paper 0385344228 acid-free paper TxAuBib Landay, William. Defending Jacob / William Landay. 1st ed. New York : Delacorte Books, 2012. 421 p. ; 25 cm. 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? 20120131. Public prosecutors Fiction. Murder Investigation Fiction. Massachusetts Fiction. Mystery fiction. Suspense fiction.