Andy Barber adalah seorang asisten jaksa wilayah di pinggiran Massachusetts selama lebih dari dua puluh tahun. Dia dihormati, hebat di ruang persidangan, dan hidup bahagia dengan Laurie, istrinya, juga Jacob, anaknya. Namun ketika sebuah peristiwa pembunuhan terjadi di taman Cold Spring, di dekat rumah mereka, hidup keluarga Andy pun berubah. Jacob dituduh sebagai pembunuh. Sebagai seorang ayah, naluri untuk membela putranya terus berkobar dalam diri Andy. Dia melakukan berbagai cara untuk menyelamatkan putranya, karena dia tahu bahwa Jacob tidak bersalah. Dia percaya pada putranya. Persidangan terus berlanjut, dan dampaknya memengaruhi kehidupan keluarga Barber. Fakta tersembunyi yang telah lama dikubur Andy malah terkuak, bahkan mengancam rumah tangganya.
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William Scott Landay is an American novelist and former lawyer.
Defending Jacob
by William Landay
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