Strangler

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William Landay: Strangler (2009, Penguin Random House)

English language

Published 2009 by Penguin Random House.

ISBN:
978-1-4090-8366-5
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The electrifying and epic story of one Irish-American family, a city under siege, and the long shadow cast by the most infamous killer of his day...Boston, 1963. A city on the edge. The Boston Strangler has already claimed a dozen victims.For the three Daley brothers, crime is very much the family business but the Strangler's murderous spree is about to bring violent death a lot closer to home:Joe - tough-talking cop whose gambling habits - fast women, slow horses - drag him down into the city's gangland.Michael - Harvard-educated lawyer, tasked to bring the Strangler to justice.Ricky - expert burglar and the devil-may-care youngest son who is used to leading a charmed life.When the Strangler strikes, they will all be forced to look into their family's own lethal secrets and the one death in the past that has changed them forever...

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Subjects

  • Fiction, mystery & detective, general
  • Serial murders, fiction
  • Brothers, fiction
  • Boston (mass.), fiction