Defending Jacob

Defending Jacob wasn't anything more than you can expect from a book like this.

The small town of Newtown's assistant DA is Andy Barber. When Andy receives a call of a homicide involving a 14-year old boy, he doesn't hesitate to keep the case and investigate it himself. After all, Andy's 14-year old son grew up with the victim since they were babies. Andy was good friends with the victim's father. Until now. Thanks to new social media outlets, someone posted on Facebook that Jacob, Andy's son, was the one who committed the murder.

While standing trial, Jacob's family becomes isolated from the town, as everyone sees him as the murderer, and the parents just as bad for raising a murderer. As the days go on, it appears someone else may have committed the murder, and admitted to it moments before he committed suicide. But that's not the end of this story. You won't believe the twists at the end.

This book is pretty simple to guess and assume what will happen next. Until the end, you will be correct in your thoughts. But, out of nowhere, the author throws some curves into the mix leaving you hanging on every word. I enjoy murder/mystery books and crime-solving books. This was right up my alley. I rated this as a 4 out of 5 on goodreads.com.  http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/12909634-julie