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ON CRIME

‘Defending Jacob,’ ‘The Boy Who Shoots Crows,’ ‘Taken’

By Hallie Ephron

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  February 19, 2012

In On Crime, award-winning mystery writer Hallie Ephron reviews “Defending Jacob’’ by William Landay; “The Boy Who Shoots Crows’’ by Randall Silvis; and “Taken’’ by Robert Crais.

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