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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.

The youngest lawyer ever to grab the helm of Seattle's most prominent law firm, Gus Wheatley has found success—as well as 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 would never ally herself with a cold–blooded killer. The further he searches, however, the more he discovers that Beth isn't the woman he thought he knew. Beth may be alive. She may or may not be innocent. She may have come up against evil far more reaching than a serial killer. And for Gus and his family, that evil is much too close to home.

The plot revolves around a high-stakes intellectual piracy case involving Imani Nichols, a Grammy-winning pop star accused of murder. Facing exploitation from her ex-husband's record contract, Imani encourages fans to illegally download her music, igniting a fierce legal battle. The situation escalates when both Imani and her ex are implicated in the unsolved murder of her lover, Tyler McCormick. As Miami lawyer Jack Swyteck navigates the sensational trial, he uncovers deep secrets that could impact not only his clients but the entire music industry.

Jack Swyteck and his family find themselves in the midst of chaos after a school shooting in Florida leaves twenty dead, marking the fifth mass shooting in as many years. The emergency alert “Active Shooter on Campus” sends Jack into a panic as both his daughter, Righley, and his wife, FBI agent Andie Henning, are in danger. Andie, locked in the school’s rec center, hears alarming noises and screams, knowing she must protect Righley, who is in her kindergarten classroom. As the tragedy unfolds, speculation runs rampant. A handgun registered to Amir Khoury, a Muslim parent, is discovered on school grounds, and news spreads quickly, leading Al Qaeda to claim responsibility. Andie is stunned to learn that Amir is married to her friend Lilly, a woman with deep American roots. When their son Xavier, an eighteen-year-old senior, confesses to the shooting, the community’s anti-Muslim sentiments surge. Lilly, fearing for her son’s safety, turns to Jack for help. Despite his reservations, Jack, a seasoned defense attorney, feels compelled to take the case after hearing from a friend who lost a daughter in the shooting. With the public demanding justice and prosecutors confident in their case, Jack must delve into the Khourys’ secrets to uncover the truth and save his client, all while facing threats to his own safety.

“[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 characters, Intent to Kill is a grand slam from the author Nelson DeMille calls, “A very intense and ingenious storyteller.”

According to the FBI, the most dangerous place for a woman between the ages of twenty and thirty is in a relationship with a man. Those statistics become all too personal when Jack Swyteck takes on a new client from his past, in this spellbinding tale of suspense. It begins at the airport, where Jack is waiting to meet his old high school buddy Kevin Ingraham, a high-powered banker based in Hong Kong, coming to Miami for his young daughter’s surgery. But their long-awaited reunion is abruptly derailed when the police arrest Kevin’s wife, Isabelle. She is accused of conspiring to kill the man who raped her in college. Jack quickly agrees to represent Isa, but soon discovers that to see justice done, he must separate the truth from lies—an undertaking that proves more complicated than the seasoned attorney expects. Inspired by an actual case, James Grippando’s twisty thriller brilliantly explores the fine line between victim and perpetrator, innocence and guilt, and cold-blooded revenge and rightful retribution.

A gripping legal thriller unfolds as Jack Swyteck defends a single mother accused of kidnapping her daughter, embroiled in a complex case involving international law and political intrigue. As he investigates, Jack discovers that his client is actually the child's aunt, and the biological mother may have been murdered by Iran's morality police. With his wife, FBI Agent Andie Henning, pressured to influence the case, their marriage faces strain amid a dangerous web of deceit that stretches from Miami to Washington DC.

A nation is obsessed with a hot nightclub waitress accused of murdering her two-year-old daughter. The shocking verdict creates an immediate uproar. But when an innocent, young woman ends up dead in a riot, there may be something bigger at work

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.

Police sergeant Vince Paulo held his best friend’s dying daughter in his arms as, with her final breath, she uttered the name of her murderer: her ex-boyfriend, Jamal. Minutes later, the house exploded, shrouding Paulo in darkness forever. Miami criminal defense lawyer Jack Swyteck is shocked to discover that the client he’s been assigned to defend, a young man facing the death penalty for terrorist activities, is already wanted for the murder of his girlfriend and the permanent blinding of a police officer. Jamal’s alibi, that he was being held and tortured by government agents at the time of the girl’s death, seems far-fetched. But a subsequent rash of slayings suggests there may be some veracity to the young man’s story. That bitter truth is launching Jack into a deadly international hunt for a faceless killer known only as “the Dark,” and plunging him deep into the terrifying heart of purest evil.

“Grippando has become a master at taking ‘ripped from the headlines’ events and turning them into involving thrillers.” — Miami Herald Winner of the 2017 Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction Sashi Burgette vanished three years ago on her way to school. The night after the teenager’s disappearance, ex-con Dylan Reeves was stopped for drunk driving. An article of Sashi’s clothing was found in his truck, and a police videotape of his drunken explanation under interrogation sealed his fate at trial. Now, just days from Reeves’s execution, Sashi’s mother visits Jack Swyteck, doing pro bono work at the Freedom Institute, and delivers shocking news: “Sashi called me.” The police dismiss the call as a cruel hoax. The State Attorney refuses to consider the new evidence, insisting the case is closed. An innocent man may be executed and time is running out—unless his lawyers can locate Sashi. A man of principle who believes in justice, Jack jumps into the investigation. But nothing is what it appears to be. Not the victim. Not her alleged killer. And definitely not Sashi’s parents. As their gut-wrenching and hopelessly conflicting version of events unfolds in a Miami courtroom, it becomes clear there is something even more difficult to find than a long-missing girl . . . The truth.

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

The story follows Ruban Betancourt, a man pushed to his limits by financial ruin, as he devises a daring plan to reclaim his lost stability. Teaming up with an airport insider and a group of accomplices, Ruban orchestrates a bold heist, targeting armored trucks to steal $7.4 million. This high-stakes plot explores themes of desperation and morality, as Ruban navigates the consequences of his choices in a quest for a better life.

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.

Many years ago, Jack Swyteck saved Theo Knight's life.Theo grew up on the streets of Miami's roughest neighborhood and lost his mother to a violent crime. Although his uncle Cy tried his best to raise him right, by the time he was a teenager, Theo was on death row for a murder he didn't commit. Jack was the lawyer who proved him innocent.Now a successful bar owner, Theo has turned things around. But he needs Jack's help again, this time more than ever.An escaped convict from the old neighborhood shows up at Theo's back door, asking for help. In return, he'll finger the man who murdered Theo's mother. But the answers aren't so simple, and soon Theo's own life is in danger.Jack and Theo must piece together a twenty-year-old conspiracy of greed and corruption that leads to the very top of Miami's elite, while revisiting a past that Theo has tried hard to forget. But Theo also has the opportunity to seek the revenge that has fueled him since the day he found his mother dead in the street on a hot Miami night.Last Call is a brilliant and bullet-fast thriller, complete with revelations that no reader will ever forget.

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 the woman isn't telling him the entire truth, Jack turns her down. Then she drops a She claims she's the adoptive mother of Jack's biological son -- a child he's never met. Either Jack must represent her or he'll never see the boy. So Jack agrees, but with great foreboding. He has an unreliable client -- a blackmailer who just might be a murderer -- and he has to travel to Gitmo and on to Havana to tussle with people who clearly have a lot to hide. This is a case with as many twists and turns as it has unanswered questions, and the personal toll on Jack won't end until he's forced to confront the ultimate surprise witness in a trial that rocks the city of Miami. In signature Grippando style,  Hear No Evil  is an intricate, fast-paced, and captivating thriller that will keep you guessing until the very end.

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.

Michael Cantella is a rising star at Saxton Silvers, Wall Street's premier investment bank, when his new wife, Ivy Layton, vanishes on their honeymoon in the Bahamas. Four years later—with a beautiful new wife and his career back on track—Michael checks his investment accounts online . . . and discovers he's been wiped out. All the money is gone. And there's an e-mail message: Just as planned. xo xo. Michael's life as he knows it has been liquidated. Saxton Silvers is on the brink of bankruptcy and he's suspected of orchestrating its ruin. Framed, embroiled in corporate espionage, facing divorce—and much worse—he's desperate to clear his name as FBI agents and a psychotic assassin close in for the kill. All signs seem to suggest the unthinkable: Ivy is back from the dead . . . and a key player in Michael's deadly downfall. Or his only hope.

When the U.S. Vice President dies un-expectedly during a hunting trip in the Everglades, the President selects his friend, former Florida governor Harry Swyteck, to fill the vacant position. Called to Washington to serve as his father's legal advisor, Jack Swyteck has mixed feelings about working so closely with the parent he's been at odds with in the past. Jack's duty, however, as a son and as an American, takes top priority. But the vipers are restless in the D.C. snake pit. A fifty-year-old secret is unraveling and a cover-up at the highest levels of government threatens to drag both Swytecks under. When hostages are taken, Jack must get to the root of the evil and quickly—because suddenly no one is safe, and the presidency itself hangs in the balance.

THE ABDUCTION

From the moment Miami criminal defense attorney Jack Swyteck is called upon to defend a new client, a homeless man jailed for threatening to jump off a bridge, it's obvious something is amiss. For one thing, the man called Falcon manages to come up with the $10,000 bail . . . in cash. Then the body of a brutally murdered woman is found in the trunk of the abandoned car he's living in. But it isn't until a panicked Falcon takes a group of innocent people hostage, including Jack's best friend, and barricades himself and his prisoners in a motel room that Swyteck realizes how much is truly at stake. For Falcon has a bigger agenda than suicide, and Jack Swyteck must get to the root of a dark history and bitter secrets before Falcon decides he has nothing to lose by killing them all.

"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.

The story follows Patrick Lloyd, a young Wall Street advisor, as he navigates the deadly fallout from Abe Cushman's massive Ponzi scheme. With Cushman's suicide leaving behind dangerous secrets, Patrick's girlfriend Lilly becomes a target due to her connection to the scheme's powerful victims. As they uncover hidden truths, their lives are at stake, forcing them into a frantic escape that reveals a clandestine operation tied to the financial chaos. Themes of betrayal, survival, and the dark side of wealth permeate their harrowing journey.

As the Electoral College battle unfolds in a Florida courtroom, Miami attorney Jack Swyteck finds himself entangled in a high-stakes conflict involving a faithless elector, a corrupt president, and a cunning opponent. The nation is in turmoil as, for the sixth time in history, the popular vote winner will not assume the presidency. Incumbent President Malcolm MacLeod narrowly secures a second term through the Electoral College, despite allegations of misconduct that have plagued his opponent, Florida Senator Evan Stahl. Although most Americans favored Stahl, he refuses to concede, rallying his supporters to persuade electors to defy party lines. Among them is Charlotte Holmes, a gun lobbyist and elector bound by law to vote for MacLeod. However, she plans to vote her conscience for Stahl, prompting MacLeod's administration to retaliate by charging her with felonies. Jack Swyteck is determined to defend Charlotte, utilizing every legal strategy to keep her free and safe. Meanwhile, the prosecutor seeks to uncover damaging details from her past to undermine her credibility, while threats against her escalate. As tensions rise, Jack and Charlotte must confront the lengths they are willing to go to uphold their principles in a politically charged environment.

In this gripping legal thriller, Miami attorney Jack Swyteck navigates a complex international dispute stemming from a catastrophic oil spill in Cuba. As he delves deeper into the case, he uncovers dangerous secrets that propel him into a perilous mission, blending legal drama with high-stakes action. The story explores themes of justice, environmental responsibility, and the lengths one will go to uncover the truth, all while keeping readers on the edge of their seats.

Miami attorney Jack Swyteck lands in the heart of the contentious immigration debate when he takes on the heart-wrenching case of an undocumented immigrant who fled to America to protect her daughter and save herself, in this timely and pulse-pounding thriller that explores the stories behind the headlines from New York Times bestselling author James Grippando, winner of the Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction. Julia Rodriguez and her teenage daughter Beatriz escaped bloodthirsty gangs, random violence and, Julia's abusive husband back in El Salvador. Arriving in Miami, mother and daughter struggled to carve their own piece of the American dream. While life in the States is hard, it is safer, until Julia's rejects her boss's unwanted sexual advances. Suddenly—thanks to an "anonymous" tip to U. S. immigration authorities—she is arrested, locked in detention with criminals, and slated for deportation. Jack's only viable legal move to save her is asylum—a long shot that’s become nearly impossible in today’s charged political climate. When Julia and Beatriz made the perilous trek north to freedom, they thought they’d left the danger behind them. But now, even Miami isn’t safe. A ruthless enemy may have tracked them to south Florida and is biding time, patiently waiting to strike. In a case where the stakes have never been higher, Jack Sywteck may not be able to save his client—even if he wins.

Harper Lee Prize winner and New York Times bestselling author James Grippando returns with a gripping thriller that explores the implications of Big Data. Aspiring playwright Kate Gamble is determined to launch a script she's been secretly developing, rooted in her family's dinner table discussions. Her father, Christian Gamble, is the CEO of Buck Technologies, a private data integration firm serving the CIA and counter-terrorism organizations. While her father cherishes her, a play exposing the dark side of Big Data would feel like a betrayal. Yet, Kate feels compelled to tell this story, driven by her desire to understand her mother's loss of purpose, exacerbated by a haunting suicide note that reads, "I did it for Kate." When childhood friend Patrick Battle reenters her life, everything changes. Now a key player at Buck with access to sensitive projects, Patrick's sudden disappearance amid a Justice Department investigation raises alarms. A chilling phone call reveals he has been kidnapped, with a ransom demand tied to Code 6, Buck's most dangerous technology. As Kate fights to rescue Patrick, she uncovers a conspiracy that may involve a powerful tech executive. Simultaneously, her play's development brings family secrets to light, intertwining with her mother's cryptic final message. The paths of Kate and Patrick converge in a shocking revelation, putting them at the mercy of forces determined to control Code 6.

A contentious intellectual piracy case leads to an unsolved murder, and Jack Swyteck’s client—a pop music icon—is the accused killer. Piracy costs the movie and music industry billions.

Peyton Shields finds her life irrevocably changed by an attack that she barely survives, an event that causes her to realize that she can trust no one when everyone close to her denies her story that the attack was deliberate.

Ryan Coolidge hates middle school and is in the worst kind of trouble-trouble with the law. The one person who can help Ryan is a mysterious old lawyer named Hezekiah. Hezekiah may have magical powers, or he may have the most elaborate computerized law library ever conceived. Either way, together, Ryan and Hezekiah do their legal research by zooming through leapholes, physically entering the law books, and coming face-to-face with actual people from some of our nation's most famous cases-like Rosa Parks and Dred Scott-who will help Ryan defend himself in court. It is time travel with a legal twist, where law books and important legal precedents come to life.

The New York Times bestselling author of Cane and Abe delivers a wild, suspenseful story inspired by actual eventsEvery week, a hundred million dollars in cash arrive at Miami International Airport, shipped by German banks to the Federal Reserve. A select group of trusted workers moves the bags through customs and loads them into armored cars.Ruban Betancourt has always played by the rules. But when the bank takes his house and his restaurant business goes bust, he is driven over the edge. He comes up with a scheme. With the help of an airport insider, his cokehead brother-in-law, Jeffrey, and two ex-cons, Ruban surprises the guards transferring the money to the armored cars and speeds off with $7.4 million in the bed of a pickup truck.Investigating the heist, FBI agent Andie Henning knows that the best way to catch the thieves is to follow the money. But Henning isn't the only one on their trail, and in mob-meets-Miami fashion, these accidental thieves suddenly find themselves in way over their heads and sinking fast.

Patrick Lloyd and his girlfriend Lilly, both hurt by a multimillion-dollar Ponzi scheme, must uncover the truth about the evil genius at the heart of the setup

Ohne voneinander zu wissen ermitteln die junge Amy und der Arzt Ryan, woher die Millionen von Dollar kommen, die ihnen völlig unvermutet zufallen. Bei ihren Recherchen stossen beide auf ein lange zurückliegendes Familiendrama.

More than 30 of the most critically acclaimed and award-winning authors offer heart-pumping tales of suspense in all its guises. Authors include Lee Child, James Siegel, James Rollins, Eric van Lustbader, F. Paul Wilson and Christopher Reich.

Vertaald naar het Nederlands door / Translated into Dutch by Theo Horsten / 9789085197997 / Suspense / Thrillers / Nederlands / Dutch / Néerlandais / Niederländisch / paperback / 14 x 21 cm / 287 .pp /

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