Begleiten Sie Jack Swyteck, einen engagierten Anwalt in der pulsierenden Metropole Miami. Jeder Fall stellt ihn vor neue Herausforderungen, die seinen Scharfsinn und seine moralischen Prinzipien auf die Probe stellen. Diese Serie taucht tief in fesselnde juristische Dramen, persönliche Konflikte und die dunklen Geheimnisse ein, die das Leben eines Mannes prägen, der für Gerechtigkeit kämpft.
Einen Freispruch für seinen Mandanten erwirkt Jack Swyteck, Strafverteidiger am Beginn einer vielversprechenden Karriere, in einem aufsehenerregenden Prozeß. Mit fatalen Folgen: Der Mann, der des bestialischen Mordes an einem Mädchen angeklagt war, rühmt sich seiner Tat öffentlich und kündigt an, weiterzumorden. Jack zweifelt am Sinn seines Berufes und kündigt fristlos. Dann wird er von einem anonymen Anrufer terrorisiert, der sich an ihm und seinem Vater, dem beliebten Gouverneur Harry Swyteck, für ein früheres Urteil rächen will, schließlich den freigelassenen Mörder umbringt und alles so arrangiert, daß Jack mit erdrückender Beweislage angeklagt wird.
Anwalt Swyteck vertritt eine alte Freundin, die in einen abgekarteten Investment-Deal verwickelt ist, um unberechtigt 1,5 Millionen Dollar ihrer Lebensversicherung zu kassieren. Als Jessie tot in seinem Bad gefunden wird, richtet sich der Mordverdacht gegen ihn. - Thriller.
Jack Swyteck, ein gut dargestellter Anwalt, sein Mandant, den er eigentlich gar nicht will, eine Story die sich über ein ziemlich komisches Testament aufbaut und eine witzige, schnell geschriebene Story mit überraschendem Ende.
Staatsanwalt Jack Swyteck aus Miami verfolgt einen Mord auf einer Militärbasis. Doch was bei den Ermittlungen des Routinefalls zutage tritt, ist auch für den hartgesottenen Anwalt ein Schock.
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.
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.
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 of the killer who left Theo's mom lying dead in the street on a hot South Florida evening. Theo wants justice, but the answers are not simple. He and Jack must now piece together a twenty-year-old conspiracy of greed and corruption that's pointing toward the city's most elite and powerful. And digging through a history that Theo has struggled his whole life to forget could awaken some very desperate, very deadly sleeping dogs.
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.
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.
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
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.
Strafverteidiger Jack Swyteck ist in Florida bekannt als Experte für die schwierigsten Fälle aus dem Todestrakt. Auch Dylan Reeves ist einer von ihnen: eine Siebzehnjährige wird vermisst, und ihre letzten Spuren finden sich in Reeves’ Auto. Doch dann wird Swyteck von der Mutter der Vermissten kontaktiert, die behauptet, ihre Tochter habe sie angerufen. Jack bleiben nun dreißig Tage, um die Vollstreckung des Todesurteils zu verhindern … „Grippando packt einen von der ersten Seite an.“ Harlan Coben „In einer Karriere mit vielen guten Büchern, zählt “Vor der Wahrheit„ zu seinen besten.“ Miami Herald „Packend … “Vor der Wahrheit„ führt einem vor Augen was für ein Schriftsteller Grippando ist. Und sichert ihm weiterhin einen Platz in der Spitzenklasse der Justizthriller-Autoren.“ Huffington Post
Die Handschellen schließen sich noch am Flughafen um Isabelle Bornellis Handgelenke. »Mordverdacht« lautet der Haftgrund. Jack Swyteck, Miamis Strafverteidiger für die besonders schwerwiegenden Fälle und Highschoolfreund von Isas Ehemann Keith, übernimmt den Fall. Zwar beteuert Keith ihm gegenüber Isas Unschuld - doch was weiß der alte Freund eigentlich über die Vergangenheit seiner Frau? Warum verließ sie die USA damals so kurzfristig? Jack sieht sich einer Mandantin gegenüber, die stetig auf dem schmalen Grat zwischen Wahrheit und Lüge wandelt. Bis zuletzt ist ihm nicht klar, ob sie Täter oder Opfer ist. Oder beides. »Ein Justizthriller der Superlative.« Mainhattan Kurier »Eines seiner besten Bücher. Grippando beginnt mit einem Knall und lässt nicht nach.« Kirkus Review »Gewichtig-einfallsreicher Thriller.« ekz Bibliotheksservice
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.
As the Electoral College battle for the White House lands in a Florida courtroom, Miami attorney Jack Swyteck has never felt farther from the truth, fighting for a faithless elector, caught between a corrupt president and his manipulative opponent--with each revelation more explosive than the next. The country is reeling. For the sixth time in American history, the winner of the popular vote will not occupy the Oval Office. President Malcolm MacLeod, the Machiavellian incumbent, was spared from impeachment only because his political foes were certain they would oust him at the ballot box. Now, he appears to have secured a second term, thanks to a narrow victory in the Electoral College. His opponent, Florida Senator Evan Stahl, saw his campaign rocked by allegations of an extramarital affair--with another man. Despite the salacious headline-making scandal and the surrounding media frenzy, most Americans chose Stahl to lead the politically polarized nation. But Stahl is refusing to concede. Backed by millions of supporters, he looks to individual members of the Electoral College to cross party lines. Gun lobbyist Charlotte Holmes is one of Florida's twenty-nine electors who is bound by law and by oath to cast her vote for MacLeod, who won Florida by the thinnest of margins. When Charlotte announces that she intends to vote her conscience and throw the Electoral College to Stahl, the president and his Florida machine haul her into court on felony charges--which, for some, isn't nearly punishment enough. Miami attorney Jack Swyteck is going to use every legal maneuver he can to keep his new client free--and alive. MacLeod's hand-picked prosecutor is determined to prove Charlotte is unfit to cast a vote. Dredging through her past, he's looking for skeletons to humiliate and discredit her, while others with far deadlier intentions have begun acting on their threats. As the pressure mounts, Charlotte and Jack must decide how far they'll go to stand their ground in the stand-your-ground state.-- Publisher's description
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.
Nachdem Ruban sein Haus und sein Restaurant unverschuldet an die Bank verliert, beschließt er, das Glück selbst in die Hand zu nehmen: Jeden Tag landen Flugzeuge mit riesigen Mengen Bargeld an Bord auf dem Miami Airport, die für die Federal Reserve Bank bestimmt sind. Zusammen mit seinem nichtsnutzigen Schwager Jeffrey und dessen kleinkriminellen Onkel Pinky stiehlt er sieben Millionen Dollar. Dies ruft nicht nur das FBI auf den Plan. Die Möchtegern-Gangster sehen sich plötzlich mehr und mehr im Fokus von wirklich schweren Jungs - nicht zuletzt dank Jeffreys zunehmender Eskapaden. Während Ruban versucht seinen Schwager im Zaum und ihnen FBI und Verbrecher vom Hals zu halten, muss er erkennen: Die richtigen Probleme fangen mit dem Geld erst an! „Grippando nimmt sich einer wahren Geschichte an und macht daraus Thriller-Gold.“ Mystery Scene
