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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...
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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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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
The early 1960s were tumultuous times in this country - our President was assassinated and the City of Boston, often thought of as a cultural and historic mecca, was riddled with fear. Eleven women had been murdered, some of them also raped by a man who earned the sobriquet Boston Strangler. Police were stymied, and citizens in an uproar.
There was a man, Albert DeSalvo, who confessed to the murders. He had able defense - F. Lee Bailey. Following a few rounds of legal maneuvering DeSalvo was given life for the rapes. Later, he would be killed in prison. There were and are many who do not believe he was the Boston Strangler.
These events are the launching pad for William Landay's mesmerizing second novel, The Strangler. We meet the Daleys, an Irish cop family if there ever was one. Daley the elder was a policeman killed in the line of duty. His three sons are a complex trio. Joe, the eldest, is a cop with problems - $20,000 worth of them. He's an inveterate gambler and soon finds himself so far in debt to the mob that there seems no way out.
Middle son Michael is a lawyer via Harvard who works for an attorney general with aspirations. Michael who is assigned to the Strangler case is described by his mother as " ....her most finely calibrated son, the quickest to take offense and the slowest to forgive". Youngest son Ricky? He's very accomplished........at stealing jewels. There you have them save for their widowed mother who is being courted by their late father's best friend.
At this point in time DeSalvo is imprisoned but there are still many questions about the case. Then another woman, a friend of the Daley's, is murdered in the Strangler manner.
Landay's novel has it all - steam roller suspense, compelling dialogue, and a plot propelled by actual events. It's a sure winner!
- Gail Cooke
There was a man, Albert DeSalvo, who confessed to the murders. He had able defense - F. Lee Bailey. Following a few rounds of legal maneuvering DeSalvo was given life for the rapes. Later, he would be killed in prison. There were and are many who do not believe he was the Boston Strangler.
These events are the launching pad for William Landay's mesmerizing second novel, The Strangler. We meet the Daleys, an Irish cop family if there ever was one. Daley the elder was a policeman killed in the line of duty. His three sons are a complex trio. Joe, the eldest, is a cop with problems - $20,000 worth of them. He's an inveterate gambler and soon finds himself so far in debt to the mob that there seems no way out.
Middle son Michael is a lawyer via Harvard who works for an attorney general with aspirations. Michael who is assigned to the Strangler case is described by his mother as " ....her most finely calibrated son, the quickest to take offense and the slowest to forgive". Youngest son Ricky? He's very accomplished........at stealing jewels. There you have them save for their widowed mother who is being courted by their late father's best friend.
At this point in time DeSalvo is imprisoned but there are still many questions about the case. Then another woman, a friend of the Daley's, is murdered in the Strangler manner.
Landay's novel has it all - steam roller suspense, compelling dialogue, and a plot propelled by actual events. It's a sure winner!
- Gail Cooke
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I don't normally go for crime novels but as someone had bought me this I thought I'd give it a go. I was so glad that I did. The writing is superb and Landay is excellent at providing the hooks to draw you in and keep on reading. It's not just a crime story and the title could be seen as misleading, as others have said. However, not having the constraints of being solely a crime story, Landay has allowed himself to explore much more with the relationships between the three brothers and the social aspects of the time. He has done this with great skill and technique. This is definitely not pulp. I haven't read `Mission Flats' yet, but now I certainly will.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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William Landay's first novel was a quality genre contribution, and I have looked forward to his second. The title and theme (another serial killer, and a 60s period setting at that) nearly put me off - and how wrong I would have been. The background is Boston; the texture a particular period and set of killings; but the focus is the Daley family and the complex set of relationships and challenges they experience. The novel is as a much a moral journey as it is a crime procedural. It is crafted beautifully, written impeccably and easily transcends its ostensible subject matter. I recommend it very highly. In the league of Scott Turow for writing above the genre.
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Well-paced, superior crime-novel.
Setting the plot of a crime novel in a key period of history and even including or referencing real people of the period is an astute move by any author, in my opinion; James... Read more
Published 9 months ago by J. Mcdonald
The Strangler
When we first meet the Daley brothers, John F Kennedy has just been shot and Boston is in the grip of the Boston Strangler. Read more
Published 13 months ago by S Riaz
better than your average crime novel
i read mission flats, Landry's first novel, and was disappointed after reading all the rave reviews. Read more
Published on 18 April 2009 by wordparty
Solid Thriller
I enjoyed Mission Flats immensely and was really looking forward to this and I am not disappointed. The story is extremely well told, and while this is definitely a thriller it is... Read more
Published on 18 Jun 2008 by Big Jim
Compelling
I'm not going to bother giving an overview.
I don't really read crime novels, but then this is so much more than that. Read more
I don't really read crime novels, but then this is so much more than that. Read more
Published on 30 May 2008 by G. Brain
Never Got Going
First read of William Landay and maybe the last. This was so dull, took me twice as long as usual to finish. It just never got going
Published on 20 Oct 2007 by Johnny
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