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A first-year resident at a major Boston children's hospital, Peyton Shields finally has the career she's always dreamed of-even though her marriage to Kevin, an up-and-coming young lawyer, is suffering from her hard work and impossibly long hours. But a late-night drive home in a heavy snowstorm changes everything when she is forced off the road.
No one, not even Kevin, believes Peyton's claims that the "accident" was deliberate. Suddenly, her...
2) Need You Now
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New York Times bestseller James Grippando returns with a gripping new stand-alone novel: a story ripped from the headlines, in which a young financial adviser and his girlfriend uncover a conspiracy that reaches from Wall Street to Washington, from the trading floors of the Stock Exchange to the deepest halls of government. Like Grippando's recent bestsellers, Afraid of the Dark and Money to Burn-as well as Grippando classics like A King's Ransom...
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The youngest lawyer ever to grab the helm of Seattle's most prominent law firm, Gus Wheatley has found success-as well at money, power, and prestige. He thinks nothing can interfere with his meteoric rise to the top. Until his wife, Beth, vanishes.
Beth's disappearance coincides with a series of brutal murders the FBI dubs the "bookend killings." They think Beth is the killer's latest victim... or his willing accomplice. But Gus knows his wife...
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The author of five bestselling novels, including Under Cover of Darkness and The Pardon, James Grippando writes compulsively readable thrillers that could be drawn from today's headlines, only better. Now his trademark gifts are wonderfully demonstrated in a taut new tale of intrigue that will keep you guessing to the final, breathtaking scene. Just two years out of law school, Nick Rey is on the career fast track at a hot Miami law firm when he is...
5) The Pardon
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Jack Swyteck novels volume 1
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Jack Swyteck, a brilliant Miami defense attorney has spent years rebelling against his father, Harry, now Florida's governor. Their estrangement seems complete when Harry allows one of Jack's clients -- a man Jack believes is innocent -- to die in the electric chair. But when a psychopath bent on serving his own twisted version of justice places both Jack and Harry in extreme jeopardy, the two have nowhere to turn but to each other. Together they...
6) Found Money
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A young woman finds $200,000 in cash in a cardboard box delivered to her door. A man inherits a fortune from a father who died "penniless." Amy Parkens and Ryan Duffy have never met, but they are about to, as each discovers that found money can be a godsend––or a nightmare. Amy Parkens is a struggling single mother forced to abandon a career in astronomy for a practical computer job. She feels condemned to long hours, low pay, and no time to spend...
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Jack Swyteck novels volume 2
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After six exciting thrillers in seven years, bestselling author James Grippando is at last bringing back the main character from his blockbuster debut novel, The Pardon. Criminal lawyer Jack Swyteck doesn't handle many civil cases. But this one is different. His client, Jessie Merrill, is a gorgeous ex-girlfriend who's being sued. At the trial, Jack pulls off a brilliant victory and Jessie gets a hefty settlement. But then Jack finds out it was all...
8) Born to Run
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Jack Swyteck novels volume 8
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Jack Swyteck is back in action in Born to Run-the eighth outing for the danger-prone Miami lawyer in author James Grippando's New York Times bestselling series. In this timely and spellbinding thriller, Swyteck is embroiled in shady Washington D.C. politics when his own father is selected by the President to replace the Vice President, killed in a hunting accident.
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Jack Swyteck novels volume 6
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In the latest novel from the bestselling author, lawyer Jack Swyteck tackles a case in which the life of his best friend hangs in the balance-and in which nothing is as it seems.
Miami criminal defense attorney Jack Swyteck isn't looking for a new client, at least not one who is homeless and in jail for threatening to jump off a bridge. But from the moment Jack is called to defend the man, who goes by the name Falcon, something is amiss. For one...
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"[A] tight, twisty thriller….Hums along like a sizzling fastball thrown straight and sure."
-Providence Journal-Bulletin
Bestselling author James Grippando is back with a gripping stand-alone thriller. Intent to Kill electrifies from the first inning on-as a fallen baseball star-turned-sports radio "shock jock" tries to expose a conspiracy and outwit a killer. Crackling with Grippando's trademark suspense, ingenious plotting, and unforgettable...
11) Hear No Evil
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Jack Swyteck novels volume 4
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Miami attorney Jack Swyteck is involved in the most explosive criminal trial of his career -- a case that starts with a murder on a military base and concludes with a shocking surprise that will change Jack's life forever.
A beautiful woman comes to see Jack and begs him to represent her. She says she's about to be arrested for the murder of her husband, an officer stationed at Guantanamo Bay. Having no expertise in military law and sensing that...
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Jack Swyteck novels volume 9
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A young girl's murder sets off a grisly cascade of crime, death, and intrigue-and sends criminal defense lawyer Jack Swyteck after a sinister group of terrorists on the verge of unleashing chaos across the globe. From New York Times bestseller James Grippando, the ninth Jack Swyteck novel, Afraid of the Dark-perfect for fans of Steve Martini, Phillip Margolin, and Jo Nesbo-is a rollercoaster thrill ride into the very heart of evil.
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Llega la traducción al castellano del aclamado autor de éxito internacional con veinte novelas que se disfrutan en todo el mundo traducidas a veintiséis idiomas. James Grippando, el escritor de suspense imprescindible. Jack Swyteck. ¿Qué se siente al ser un abogado de defensa criminal en Miami? Simplemente imagine que su padre es gobernador de Florida, su mejor amigo estuvo una vez en el corredor de la muerte, su madre es una exiliada cubana...
14) Last Call
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Jack Swyteck novels volume 7
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A kid from Miami's meanest streets, Theo Knight lost his mother to a violent crime. He was on Death Row for a murder he didn't commit when lawyer Jack Swyteck proved him innocent. Now they are best friends. Theo is a semi-respectable and successful bar owner, but the past, with its risks and its terrors, has come knocking on his back door. An escaped convict from the old neighborhood wants sanctuary, and in return he is offering information: the identity...
15) Last to Die
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Jack Swyteck novels volume 3
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In an exciting new series that critics have called 'John Grisham meets Robert Ludlum,' Miami criminal defense lawyer Jack Swyteck faces his biggest challenge yet. Tatum Knight is a former contract killer. Ruthless. Conniving. And he's Jack's newest client. Tatum is the older brother of Jack's best friend, Theo. Theo himself spent time on death row until Jack found the evidence to prove him innocent. Jack isn't so sure about Tatum. A gorgeous young...
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Llega la traducción al castellano del aclamado autor de éxito internacional con veinte novelas que se disfrutan en todo el mundo traducidas a veintiséis idiomas. James Grippando, el escritor de suspense imprescindible. Jack Swyteck. ¿Qué se siente al ser un abogado de defensa criminal en Miami? Simplemente imagine que su padre es gobernador de Florida, su mejor amigo estuvo una vez en el corredor de la muerte, su madre es una exiliada cubana...
17) Zona peligrosa
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Cuando asume la defensa de una mujer acusada de asesinar al hombre que la agredió sexualmente, el abogado de Miami, Jack Swyteck, debe descubrir dónde reside la verdad, entre la inocencia, la venganza y la justicia en este fascinante relato de suspense del gran maestro del thriller legal.
Según el FBI, la situación más peligrosa para una mujer de entre veinte y treinta años es estar en una relación con un hombre, y esas estadísticas cobran...
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Experience a heart-pumping and thrilling tale of suspense!
Originally published in THRILLER (2006), edited by #1 New York Times bestselling author James Patterson.
In this timely Thriller Short, New York Times bestselling writer James Grippando heads to Cuba with a tale that reeks of the headlines, given the changing state of American-Cuban affairs. Featured is Grippando's recurring hero Jack Swyteck, who finds himself in the heat of controversy...
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