William Landay je autorom bestselleru New York Times. Jeho próza sa ponára do zložitých morálnych dilem a psychologickej hĺbky postáv. Dôraz kladie na napínavé rozprávanie a majstrovské budovanie atmosféry, ktoré čitateľa pohltia. Jeho diela skúmajú temnejšie stránky ľudskej povahy a dôsledky činov.
Mission Flats je čtvrť Bostonu, kde ne vždy policie a gangy stojí proti sobě.Mladý Ben Truman se z městečka Versailles vydává do této čtvrti najít vraha pracovníka okresní prokuratury a naráží na nevraživost tamějších policajtů.Postupně zjišťuje, že všechno je nekonečný řetěz příčin a následků a že se minulost stále připomíná.
Andy Barber's job is to put killers behind bars. And when a boy from his son Jacob's school is found stabbed to death, Andy is doubly determined to find and prosecute the perpetrator. Until a crucial piece of evidence turns up linking Jacob to the murder. And suddenly Andy and his wife find their son accused of being a cold-blooded killer. In the face of every parent's worst nightmare, they will do anything to defend their child. Because, deep down, they know him better than anyone. Don't they?
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 His fourteen-year-old son is charged with the murder of a fellow student.
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? From Goodreads
From New York Times bestselling author of Defending Jacob comes a tale about family secrets, vengeance and growing up.
Ben Truman, Chief of Police, heads down to Boston to follow the few fragile leads he has in the case. With the help of a retired cop who knows all the angles, he becomes embroiled in an investigation which has its roots in a sequence of deaths which began twenty years previously...
In 1963 Boston, a city wracked by a mob war, people are terrified by a mysterious killer, known as the Boston Strangler, stalking the city, but when the serial murderer strikes all too close to home, the three Daley brothers--Joe, a cop; Michael, a prosecutor; and Ricky, a master thief--join forces to track down a killer with ties to their family's own lethal secrets. Reprint.
In the century before the Black Death swept across the world, economic relations flourished between Europe, the Middle East, and Asia, interacting on essentially equal terms.
Dreizehn Frauen sind dem „Boston Strangler“ zum Opfer gefallen. Die drei Brüder der Familie Daley stehen auf unterschiedlichen Seiten und müssen gegeneinander antreten. Doch als der Mörder erneut zuschlägt, vereinen sie sich, um das grausame Treiben zu stoppen.
La comunidad de Newton es un elegante barrio residencial que ofrece una instantánea perfecta de la vida acomodada, hasta que un día aparece en mitad del bosque el cadáver de Ben Rifkin, de tan solo catorce años, con tres puñaladas en el pecho, momento en que el apacible vecindario pierde la inocencia para siempre. El ayudante del fiscal del distrito, Andy Barber, se hace cargo del caso, al que se le da la máxima prioridad. Sin embargo, cuando su hijo Jacob, compañero de clase de Ben, es acusado del crimen, Andy será apartado de la investigación y verá como el mundo que tanto esfuerzo le ha costado construir empieza a tambalearse