William Landay Boeken
William Landay is de auteur van een bestseller in de New York Times. Zijn proza duikt in complexe morele dilemma's en de psychologische diepgang van zijn personages. Hij legt de nadruk op meeslepende verhalen en meesterlijk sfeervol bouwen dat de lezer volledig onderdompelt. Zijn werken verkennen de donkerdere kanten van de menselijke natuur en de gevolgen van daden.







Defending Jacob. Verschwiegen, englische Ausgabe
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- 14 uur lezen
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.
Defending Jacob (TV Tie-In Edition)
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- 16 uur lezen
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
Defending Jacob
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- 15 uur lezen
Andy Barber has been an assistant district attorney in his suburban Massachusetts county for more than twenty years. When a shocking crime shatters their New England town, Andy is blindsided by what happens next: his fourteen-year-old son is charged with the murder of a fellow student. As the crisis reveals how little a father knows about his son, Andy will face a trial of his own-- between loyalty and justice, between truth and allegation, between a past he's tried to bury and a future he cannot conceive.
From New York Times bestselling author of Defending Jacob comes a tale about family secrets, vengeance and growing up.
Mission Flats
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- 18 uur lezen
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.
Before European Hegemony
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- 4 uur lezen
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.
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.