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The strangler

Set in Boston in 1963, this engrossing crime novel is less about the titular strangler than the three Irish-American Daley brothers: Ricky, a thief, Michael, a Lawyer, and Joe, a bent cop. A year earlier, the Daley's father, also a cop, was fatally shot on the job, and the killer has never been caught. The father's partner on the force, Brendan Conroy, has insinuated himself into the family to the point that he's now sleeping with the brothers' mother, Margaret, and is a permanent fixture at Sunday dinner, much to the disgust of Michael and Ricky.

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  • "In 1963 Boston, with a mysterious killer, known as the Boston Strangler, stalking the city, the three Daley brothers--Joe, a cop; Michael, a prosecutor; and Ricky, a master thief--track down a killer with ties to their family's own lethal secrets."
  • "In 1963 Boston, with a mysterious killer known as the Boston Strangler stalking the city, the three Daley brothers--Joe, a cop; Michael, a prosecutor; and Ricky, a master thief--track down a killer with ties to their family's own lethal secrets."
  • "Set in Boston in 1963, this engrossing crime novel is less about the titular strangler than the three Irish-American Daley brothers: Ricky, a thief, Michael, a Lawyer, and Joe, a bent cop. A year earlier, the Daley's father, also a cop, was fatally shot on the job, and the killer has never been caught. The father's partner on the force, Brendan Conroy, has insinuated himself into the family to the point that he's now sleeping with the brothers' mother, Margaret, and is a permanent fixture at Sunday dinner, much to the disgust of Michael and Ricky."@en
  • "Boston, 1963. A city on edge. On street corners, newsboys hawk the shocking headline: KENNEDY IS DEAD. In the city's underworld, a mob war rages. But what terrifies Bostonians most is the mysterious killer who has already claimed a dozen victims, a murderer whose name is indelibly linked to their city: the Boston Strangler. This is the electrifying backdrop of William Landay's magnificent new novel, a story of one Irish-American family, a city under siege, and the long shadow cast by the most infamous killer of his day . . . For the three Daley brothers, sons of a Boston cop, crime is the family business. They are simply on different sides of it. Joe is the eldest, a tough-talking cop whose gambling habits - fast women, slow horses - drag him down into the city's gangland. Michael is the middle son; a Harvard-educated lawyer working for an ambitious attorney general, he finds himself assigned to the embattled Strangler task force. And Ricky, the devil-may-care youngest son, floats above the fray as an expert burglar - until the Strangler strikes too close to home. As Joe's mob debts close in around him . . . and Michael becomes snarled in a murder investigation gone very wrong . . . and Ricky is hunted by both sides of the law, the three brothers - and the women who love them - are forced to take sides. Now each must look deeper into a killer's murderous rage, into their family's own lethal secrets, and into the one death that has changed them forever. As William Landay's complex, compassionate, and terrifying novel builds to a climax, two mysteries will collide - and a shattering truth will be revealed."
  • "The story of three Irish-American brothers that takes place in Boston in 1963, at the time of President Kennedy's assassination and the murders of the Boston Strangler. The oldest Joe, a cop with a gambling habit, Michael, a Harvard educated lawyer working for the attorney general, and Ricky a expert burgler."@en
  • "The story of three Irish-American brothers that takes place in Boston in 1963, at the time of President Kennedy's assassination and the murders of the Boston Strangler. The oldest Joe, a cop with a gambling habit, Michael, a Harvard educated lawyer working for the attorney general, and Ricky a expert burgler."
  • ""For the three Daley brothers -- Joe, a cop; Michael, a prosecutor; and Ricky, a master thief crime -- is the family business. They are simply on different sides of it -- until the terrifying killer known as the Boston strangler strikes too close to home. Now each brother must look deeper into a killer's murderous rage -- as well as their own family's lethal secrets -- and the one death that has changed the forever" -- Cover verso."
  • "-- Includes an excerpt ofDefending Jacob NAMED ONE OF THE BEST CRIME NOVELS OF THE YEAR BY Los Angeles Times The Guardian St. Louis Post-Dispatch The Kansas City Star "Reminiscent of Dennis Lehane's Mystic River "A dense and satisfying novel of crime and retribution . . . (Landay has) been touted as the natural successor to George V. Higgins."--The Independent "A gripping, atmospheric saga."--The Wall Street Journal "An impressive and satisfying performance."--The Washington Post "Smart and surprising."--Esquire"

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  • "Detective and mystery stories"@en
  • "Detective and mystery stories"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Suspense fiction"
  • "Electronic books"
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Mystery fiction"
  • "Mystery fiction"@en
  • "Historical fiction"
  • "Large type books"

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  • "The strangler"
  • "The strangler"@en
  • "Strangler : Roman ; [Thriller]"
  • "The strangler : a novel"@en
  • "The Strangler"@en
  • "The strangler : a novel"
  • "Strangler"@en
  • "El Estrangulador"
  • "De wurger"
  • "Strangler Roman"
  • "El estrangulador"@es

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