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Before the new york times bestselling success of defending jacob, william landay wrote this widely acclaimed second nove. Triviaquiz for fans features youll discover inside. A graduate of yale university and boston college law school, he was an assistant district attorney before turning to writing. Landay approached the same sort of climax in the strangler that he did in defending jacob, it was less oblique. William landay is the author of the highly acclaimed mission flats, which was awarded the john creasey memorial dagger as the best debut crime novel of 2003. The boston strangler has already claimed a dozen victims. You are viewing a condensed web site for mobile devices. William landay s latest novel is the new york times bestseller defending jacob. A former district attorney who holds degrees from yale and boston college law school, landay lives in boston, where he is at work on. Louis postdispatch the kansas city star reminiscent of dennis lehanes.
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