Jacob’s life centers around a CSI-esque TV show called CrimeBusters, which he must watch each afternoon as punctiliously as Rain Man watches Wapner. Highly verbal and analytical, but flummoxed by the most ordinary social interactions, Jacob negotiates a world fraught with terrors by adhering to a rigid set of rules and calming rituals. Jacob, now 18, first exhibited signs of Asperger’s syndrome at three, shortly after his first vaccination series. House Rules is “a provocative story in which explores the pain of trying to comprehend the people we love-and reminds us that the truth often travels in disguise” ( People).A young autistic man obsessed with criminology is charged with the murder of his tutor, in Picoult’s suspenseful but anticlimactic latest ( Handle with Care, 2009, etc.). For his brother, it’s another indication why nothing is normal because of Jacob.Īnd for the frightened small town, the soul-searing question looms: Did Jacob commit murder? For Jacob’s mother, it’s a brutal reminder of the intolerance and misunderstanding that always threaten her family.
Suddenly the Hunt family, who only want to fit in, are thrust directly in the spotlight. Jacob’s behaviors are hallmark Asperger’s, but they look a lot like guilt to the local police. And he’s usually right.īut when Jacob’s small hometown is rocked by a terrible murder, law enforcement comes to him. A police scanner in his room clues him in to crime scenes, and he’s always showing up and telling the cops what to do. He has a special focus on one subject-forensic analysis. He’s hopeless at reading social cues or expressing himself well to others, though he is brilliant in many ways. Jacob Hunt is a teen with Asperger’s syndrome. When your son can’t look you in the eye…does that mean he’s guilty? From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Small Great Things and the modern classics My Sister’s Keeper, The Storyteller, and more, comes a “complex, compassionate, and smart” ( The Washington Post) novel about a family torn apart by a murder accusation.
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