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...

Believing himself settled into a quiet life, lawyer Jack Swyteck is horrified when a former client turns up dead, placing Jack under suspicion and forcing him to find the real killer before he becomes the next victim.

Miami defense attorney Jack Swyteck handles a case that starts with the murder of an officer at the U.S. Naval base on Guantanamo Bay and the arrest of his wife for the crime, and concludes with a shocking surprise that will change Jack's life.

Sergeant Vince Paulo held his best friend's daughter, McKenna, bleeding in his arms as she uttered the name of her murderer and ex-boyfriend, Jamal. That was minutes before a blast made everything go black for Vince--forever. Now Miami criminal defense lawyer Jack Swyteck has been called in to save Jamal from the death penalty.

Miami criminal defense attorney Jack Swyteck knows something strange is going on when his client Falcon, a homeless man jailed for threatening to jump off a bridge, posts a ten thousand dollar cash bail,and the situation quickly deteriorates when a dead body is found in the trunk of the car Falcon calls home, pushing the deranged man--who is having flashbacks of torture cells in Argentina--into grabbing some hostages and holing up in a local motel....

When the body of Jamal Cousin, president of the pre-eminent black fraternity at the Florida's flagship university, 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,...

Jack Swyteck doesn't talk about his family; especially about the fact his dad was once governor of Florida. Whenever dad, Harry, needs help, Jack is there. Harry's best friend and vice president of the United States died during an alligator hunt in the Everglades, and now the president wants Harry as his new VP. Jack finds being his father's lawyer quickly turns lethal.

Jack Swytek, a lawyer who last year was accused of murdering his ex-lover, finds himself in another sticky predicament. Seems his partner, the ex-con Theo Knight, has a brother, Tatum, who used to be a contract killer. A woman recently tried to hire Tatum to murder her--or so he's claiming, now that she's turned up dead. Tatum has been invited to the reading of her will, and he asks Jack to accompany him. There, they discover the woman has left her...

Esta novela de suspense de James Grippando, repleta de giros inesperados, esta basada en el caso real de una victima de agresion sexual que fue encarcelada por la muerte de su violador. Explora de forma brillante la delgada linea que existe entre victima y criminal, inocencia y culpabilidad, entre la venganza a sangre fria y el resarcimiento legitimo. Cuando asume la defensa de una mujer acusada de asesinar al hombre que la agredio sexualmente, el...

After getting a confessed killer off on a technicality, brilliant young defense attorney Jack Swyteck, estranged son of Governor Harry Swyteck, a proponent of the death penalty, finds himself framed for murder.