and was called Entertainment Weekly’s Favorite Book of the Year. Reconstructing Amelia has been optioned for film by HBO and Nicole Kidman’s Blossom Films. McCreight’s second adult novel, Where They Found Her, was a USA Today bestseller and a Kirkus Best Mystery of the Year.Her new novel is A Good Marriage.
At CrimeReads, McCreight tagged five mysteries and thrillers that have something to teach us about the good marriage, including:
Defending Jacob, William LandayRead about another entry on the list.
When Assistant District Attorney Andy Barber’s son Jacob is accused of murder in Defending Jacob, the entire family is understandably devastated and terrified. Andy’s marriage to Laurie is pushed quickly to the brink as their opinions about their son’s innocence diverge and they begin to buckle under the stress. When Andy’s own secrets come to bear, it seems unlikely their marriage can survive. And yet, when the couple faces the ultimate moral dilemma, the answer for Andy and Laurie lies in drawing close turning towards each other to find the answers. Sometimes a good marriage means keeping your spouse’s secrets, whatever the cost.
Defending Jacob is among Heather Chavez's six novels where those fighting injustice also happen to be parents, Sophie Hannah's thirteen creepy & dysfunctional families in literature, Hallie Ephron's top ten novels that harness unreliable narrators, Charlie Donlea's top ten slow-burn thrillers, Alafair Burke's six top legal fiction / domestic suspense hybrids, Kate Moretti's eight suspense novels that explore nurture vs. nature and Nicholas Sparks' six top books about family.
The Page 69 Test: Defending Jacob.
--Marshal Zeringue
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