The Strangler
  • Published: 1 August 2008
  • ISBN: 9780552149457
  • Imprint: Corgi
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 544
  • RRP: $24.99
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The Strangler

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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...
  • Published: 1 August 2008
  • ISBN: 9780552149457
  • Imprint: Corgi
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 544
  • RRP: $24.99
Categories:

About the author

William Landay

Bill Landay is a prosecutor for the Boston DA's office. Mission Flats is his first novel.

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Praise for The Strangler

A complex mystery that builds to an unpredictable climax where a shocking truth is revealed.

Maxim

Landay's depiction of a turbulent period makes compulsive reading.

Seven, Sunday Telegraph

A gripping, grown-up tale, punctuated by shocks, that leads to a shattering conclusion.

Evening Standard

A meaty, ambitious book, made all the more powerful by an author unafraid to tackle the complexities of moral ambiguity.

The Guardian

(A) marvellous novel ... a delicate portrayal of fatally compromised lives in a compromised city.

Telegraph

A dense and satisfying novel of crime and retribution.

Independent on Sunday

A gripping grown-up tale, punctuated by shocks that leads to a shattering conclusion.

The Scotsman