The Girl In the Glass Box
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 […]
A Death In Live Oak
When the body of Jamal Cousin, president of the preeminent black fraternity at Florida’s flagship university, is discovered hogtied in the stygian swamps of the Suwannee River, his death sets off a firestorm. And when a fellow student, Mark Towson, the president of a prominent white fraternity, is accused of the crime, the fire threatens […]
Most Dangerous Place
Defending a woman accused of murdering the man who sexually assaulted her, Miami lawyer Jack Swyteck must uncover where the truth lies between innocence, vengeance, and justice in this spellbinding tale of suspense—based on shocking true-life events—from the New York Times bestselling author of Gone Again.
Gone Again
Library Journal 11/01/2015 Shortly after teenager Sashi Burgette disappeared on her way to school, ex-con Dylan Kyle was pulled over for drunk driving, and police found some of Sashi's clothing in his car. Dylan is close to his execution date when Sashi's mother tells defense attorney Jack Swyteck that she's just received a call from […]
Cash Landing
Booklist “Fast-paced … recalls the caper novels of Donald E. Westlake.â€
Cane and Abe
South Florida Sun Sentinel : “Suspenseful … moves at a brisk pace, with surprising twists and acutely drawn characters. Grippando poignantly illustrates a disintegrating marriage, allowing the reader to understand both Abe and Angelina’s side.â€
Black Horizon
Publishers Weekly ★ 01/13/2014 Bestseller Grippando draws inspiration from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill for his fantastic 11th Jack Swyteck novel (after 2013’s Blood Money). Criminal defense lawyer Jack Swyteck and his new wife, FBI agent Andie Henning, cut short their honeymoon in the Florida Keys after an explosion on Scarborough 8, an oil […]
Need You Now : a Novel
Publishers Weekly A Ponzi scheme of Bernie Madoff proportions drives this winning financial thriller from bestseller Grippando (Money to Burn). Abe Cushman, “a former chairman of the NASDAQ stock market and a force on Wall Street trading for nearly fifty years,†commits suicide just hours before he’s supposed to report to federal authorities on charges […]
Money to Burn : a Novel of Suspense
Publishers Weekly Bestseller Grippando?s overwrought financial thriller gives its hero, Michael Cantella, almost as rude an awakening as Kafka?s Gregor Samsa. Scandals involving subprime lending, short selling, and Ponzi schemes provide a timely backdrop. On the eve of his 35th birthday, Cantella goes from being a star performer at a premier Wall Street investment firm […]