The Strangler by William Landay.
I wanted to love this book because Landay wrote Defending Jacob, which I thought was excellent.
While it wasn't "bad", it wasn't in the same class as DJ. I finished it, but probably wouldn't have if I didn't have faith in the author. Trimming a hundred pages or so would have improved the book, I think.
Set in 1960's Boston, during the time of the Boston Strangler murders, the book follows the lives of three brothers - Joe, the cop; Michael, a prosecutor; and Ricky, a thief. The books looks at the corruption on the police force and the Irish mob while telling the brothers' stories.
3 stars.
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