In defence of Jacob

Andy Barber has been an assistant district attorney in a small suburban Massachusetts county for over twenty years. Successful, he is respected in his community as a serious, tenacious lawyer and a happy family man, alongside his wife Laurie and son Jacob. But everything changes when a shocking crime shakes the small New England town. A 14-year-old boy is found dead in the woods near Barber's house, and Barber naturally takes over the investigation. However, the lawyer was not prepared for what was to come: his son Jacob is accused of being the murderer. Jacob must be protected, as he assures his father of his innocence. Andy believes him. He has to believe him. But as the trial intensifies, with the discovery of new facts and shocking revelations that show how little a father knows about his son, with the threat of a marriage on the verge of collapse, Andy Barber will face his own trial. He then begins a struggle between loyalty and justice, between truth and allegation, between a past he tries to bury at all costs and a future he cannot conceive. This book, acclaimed by critics as the book of the year, is filled with mystery and suspense, it tells us about guilt, betrayal, unconditional love and how our lives can, in a second, spiral out of our control, never to be the same again…