James Grippando je autorom bestsellerov, ktorého diela sa zameriavajú na napínavé príbehy s právnym pozadím. Jeho romány sa často zaoberajú zložitými morálnymi dilemami a právnymi stratégiami, pričom vyniká schopnosťou prepliesť napätie s hlbším skúmaním ľudskej povahy. Grippando sa vyznačuje precíznym štýlom a dôrazom na detail, čo čitateľa vtiahne do napínavého sveta práva a spravodlivosti. Jeho práce sú oceňované pre svoju schopnosť udržať čitateľa v napätí až do samého konca.
Mladá Amy, ktorá dostane záhadnú sumu od neznámeho darcu, je ohrozená takisto ako Ryan, ktorý nečakane prišiel k obrovskému majetku. V hre je nielen minulosť a vydieranie spojené s vraždami, ale aj politicko-mocenské záujmy.
Kriminální román amerického autora, v němž ministryně spravedlnosti kandidující na post prezidenta pátrá po unesené vnučce svého protikandidáta. Úspěšná právnička Allison Leahyová, ministryně spravedlnosti USA, kandiduje na post prezidenta a vede si velmi dobře. Jejím protikandidátem je bývalý armádní generál černé pleti Lincoln Howe. Hlasy příznivců obou kandidátů jsou vyrovnané. Týden před volbami je unesena Howeova dvanáctiletá vnučka. Allison jako ministryně spravedlnosti se intenzivně zapojuje do pátrání. Je obviněna, že nastalou situaci chce využít ve svůj politický prospěch. Její motiv je však zcela jiný, před osmi lety jí unesli čtyřměsíční dceru, kterou nikdy nenašli
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 must find a way to overcome their cunning tormentor's manipulation . . . even as the stakes are being raised to far more perilous heights.
An allegedy "reformed" contract killer ist the last client Miami criminal attorney Jack Swyteck wants. But Tatum Knight ist the older brother of Jack's best friend - and the ruthless assassin swears he had nothing to do with the shooting death of Sally Fenning, though he claims the beautiful, depressed multi-millionairess tried to hire him to do the deed. The biggest surprise, however, comes when Knight is named in Fenning's will, along with five others, all vying for a fortune
FBI agent Victoria Santos and Miami reporter Mike Posten find their own lives in danger as they hunt for two men, a serial killer and an informant with a suspicious ability to predict the killer's next move. Reprint.
Jack Swyteck’s new girlfriend,Mia, is keeping secrets from thelove-struck Miami attorney,not the least of which is a wealthy and powerful husband. Then Miais kidnapped by a manipulativeabductor who makes a chilling ransom request, “Pay me what she’s worth.” Now Jack’s the one underthe gun, since Mia’s spouse has decided his unfaithful wife is worth nothing. Time is of the essence, and if Jack picks the wrong number,Mia could end up like thekidnapper’s other victims: dead.
"Miami lawyer Jack Swyteck is smart and tough and up to his neck in trouble. With more than a decade of experience in the criminal courts, Jack doesn't handle many civil cases. But this one is different. His client is a gorgeous ex-girlfriend who's being sued because she thought she was going to die. When Jessie Merrill was diagnosed with a deadly disease and given just two years to live, she worked a deal with an insurance company to get cash fast. In exchange, a group of wealthy investors were supposed to collect on the policy after her death. But Jessie was misdiagnosed. She isn't going to die anytime soon, and the investors want their money back. Now. At the trial, Jack pulls off a brilliant victory and Jessie gets to keep the $1.5 million from the investors. Two days later, Jessie's body turns up in Jack's bathtub. Though it has the markings of a suicide, Jessie's death quickly begins to look more like murder. As the evidence mounts against him, Jack finds himself on a collision course with dark secrets from the past and a possible killer who is beyond suspicion." - back cover.
From New York Times bestselling author James Grippando, a riveting, timely story ripped from the headlines. Defense attorney Jack Swyteck defends a white college student charged in Florida’s first racial terror lynching in more than a half century. When the body of Jamal Cousin, president of the pre-eminent black fraternity at the University of Florida, is discovered hogtied in the Stygian water swamps of the Suwanee River Valley, the death sets off a firestorm that threatens to rage out of control when a fellow student, Mark Towson, the president of a prominent white fraternity, is accused of the crime. Contending with rising political tensions, racial unrest, and a sensational media, Towson’s defense attorney, Jack Swyteck, knows that the stakes could not be higher—inside or outside the old Suwanee County Courthouse. The evidence against his client seems overwhelming. Then Jack gets a break that could turn the case. Jamal's murder bears disturbing similarities to another lynching that occurred back in the Jim Crow days of 1944. Are the chilling parallels purely coincidental? With each twist and turn, Jack is convinced that his client may be the victim of something even more sinister than the case presented by the state attorney. For Jack, it’s about the truth. And he’s determined to find it, no matter what the cost.
Two years out of law school, Nick Rey is already on the fast track at a hot Miami law firm. But his dreams of success are overshadowed when his father, Matthew, is abducted on a business trip to Colombia. The guerillas demand an impossible $3 million ransom, the exact sum Matthew’s kidnap-and-ransom insurance policy covers. The insurance company suspects fraud, however, and refuses to pay. And as Nick soon learns, it isn’t the guerillas who hold the key to his father’s survival. A group of faceless lawyers at a powerful firm has something to hide, and will stop at nothing to keep Nick from discovering the truth.
