Jodi Picoult | House Rules
House Rules by Jodi Picoult is a compelling family and courtroom drama centred on Jacob Hunt, an eighteen-year-old with Asperger's syndrome and an extraordinary fascination with forensic science. Highly intelligent and meticulously organised, Jacob knows crime-scene investigation techniques in remarkable detail. But when his tutor is found dead, behaviours that are normal for Jacob – difficulty with eye contact, unusual movements and seemingly inappropriate reactions – suddenly appear suspicious to the police.
As Jacob becomes caught up in a real murder investigation, his mother Emma is forced to confront an almost unbearable question: could her son actually be capable of murder? Told through multiple perspectives, House Rules explores family loyalty, communication, prejudice and the dangerous assumptions people make when they encounter behaviour they do not understand. Combining a murder mystery with an emotionally charged courtroom and family drama, it is a thought-provoking novel about the complicated search for truth.
- • Publisher: Hodder Paperbacks / Hodder & Stoughton
• Language: English
• Cover: Paperback
• Publication date: November 25, 2010
• Number of pages: 603 numbered pages; bibliographic entry is viii + 603 + 12 pages
• Dimensions: approximately 196 × 130 mm
• Weight: approximately 449–459 g
• Genre: Contemporary fiction, family drama, courtroom novel, crime mystery
• Original publication year: 2010






