num_pages: 368
description: Carolyn and Ben Reiser moved to Hyland, New Hampshire with their two children for the comforts of rural life. But when the local police chief comes looking for their seventeen-year-old son Jacob to question him about the brutal murder of his girlfriend, the Reisers' lives begin to unravel. A compelling story that will capture you in the opening scene and hold you through its shocking conclusion, Before and After is a stunning novel that pits parent against parent, brother against sister, family against community, blood loyalty against law-as "deep questions of loyalty, honesty, and love are forced to the surface in this psychologically riveting tale." (Library Journal)
language: English
title: Before and After
titlecomplete: Before and After
genres: Mystery, Adult, Suspense, Novels, Thriller, Contemporary, Literary Fiction, Fiction, Book Club, Crime
ratings_count: 953
places: New Hampshire
publisher: Picador