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Summary: A must read for thriller fans
Review: A must read for thriller fans
I first started with this book by James Grippando, I know completely out of sequence but what a fantastic read. It was one of the best books I have read in such a long time (and I read Plenty). This book has a great opening, strong story with a satisfing ending. His characters are realistic and down to earth. I went out - persistently and purchased 5 of his other books and I am now a devoted fan. If you like this book read The Pardon and Undercover of darkness. James Grippando you have got my vote.
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Summary: A fun well paced thriller
Review: Miami criminal lawyer Jack Swytek agrees to represent his friend Theo's brother Tatum Knight. Tatum claims Sally Fenning tried to hire him to kill herself. He refused but she was killed anyway. He now finds himself among the six beneficiaries of her forty six million dollar estate. There is a catch, however. Only one person will inherit the estate after all the others have died or renounce their claim. This will obviously lead to violence. Perhaps it is Sally's way to get back at those who made her life a nightmare after the murder of her daughter. It doesn't take long for the dying to start.
This is the second legal thriller I have read by James Grippando and would now call myself a fan. The book is fun, well paced and at least the main characters sketched with great care. One gets a strong sense of the South Florida environs without all the preaching exhibited by some other authors from the state.
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Summary: Love Grippando's Southern Style and Sense of Humor!
Review: This is the second book by Grippando I've read. Wasn't too sure I liked the ending with "Beyond Suspicion," but I have nothing but positive comments to make about "Last to Die".Sally Fenning, young, beautiful and very rich, does not want to live. She tries to hire former contract killer Tatum Knight, brother of Jack Swyteck's best friend, Theo, to murder her. Although Tatum claims he turned her down, Sally is murdered two weeks later. Tatum hires Jack to represent him since Sally had named him as one of the six beneficiaries to her estate. Here's the catch: the 46 million dollars will not be disbursed until all of the heirs but one are deceased. That's where the fun starts. Grippando touches upon a very real, very tragic world situation in this book: child slavery in Africa, where thousands of children are forced to labor in cocoa fields. Believe me, I look at chocolate in a different way now. However, he balances this dark subject with the lighter, comedic relationship between Jack and his somewhat unsavory but lovable friend, Theo. I think Grippando is proving himself to be a mainstay in the legal thriller arena and each book in the Swyteck series seems to entrench him further in a genre that had become tired until he put Swyteck to paper. I'm a fan!
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