En defensa de Jacob

When they discover the corpse of Ben Rifkin, just fourteen years old, in the middle of the forest, with three stab wounds to the chest, the Newton community, an elegant and peaceful residential neighborhood where until then everything was a perfect photo of affluent life, he loses his innocence at once. Assistant District Attorney Andy Barber handles the case, which is given top priority. However, when his son Jacob, Ben's classmate, is accused of the crime, Andy will be removed from the case and will see how the world that he has worked so hard to build begins to falter. In Jacob's defense it is a masterful legal thriller and psychological intrigue about parental devotion, raising the extent to which parents are willing to really know who their children are and act accordingly.