Cash Landing, James Grippando
Cash Landing, James Grippando
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Cash Landing
A Novel

Author: James Grippando

Narrator: Jonathan Davis

Unabridged: 12 hr 2 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 06/02/2015


Synopsis

The New York Times bestselling author of Cane and Abe and Black Horizon blends Goodfellas and Elmore Leonard in this wild, suspenseful caper inspired by actual events, in which a band of amateur thieves pulls off one of the biggest airport heists in history with deadly consequences.Every week, a hundred million dollars in cash arrives 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 trucks.Ruban Betancourt has always played by the rules. But the bank taking his house and his restaurant business going bust has driven him over the edge. He and his wife deserve more than life has handed them, and he’s come up with a ballsy scheme to get it. With the help of an airport insider, he, his coke-head brother-in-law, Jeffrey, and two ex-cons surprise the guards loading the armored trucks and speed off with $7.4 million in the bed of a pickup truck.Investigating the heist, FBI agent Andie Henning, newly transferred to Miami from Seattle, knows the best way to catch the thieves is to follow the money. Jeffrey’s drug addiction is as conspicuous as the Rolex watches he buys for dancers at the Gold Rush strip club. One of the ex-cons, Pinky Perez, makes no secret of his plan to own a swinger’s club—which will allow him carte blanche with his patrons’ wives. Levelheaded Ruban is desperately trying to lay low and hold things together.But Agent Henning isn’t the only one on their trail, and in the mob-meets-Miami fashion, these accidental thieves suddenly find themselves way in over their heads . . . and sinking fast.

About James Grippando

James Grippando is a New York Times bestselling author with more than thirty books to his credit, including those in his acclaimed series featuring Miami criminal defense attorney Jack Swyteck, and is the winner of the Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction. He is also a trial lawyer and teaches law and literature at the University of Miami School of Law. He lives and writes in South Florida.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Paul on March 28, 2023

Honour among thieves? Hah, not bloody likely! James Grippando has always been a pretty sure bet when it comes to suspense thrillers, legal thrillers and courtroom drama. But (hoping like the dickens this doesn’t mean he’s jumped the shark), CASH LANDING just doesn’t come close to clearing the bar th......more

Goodreads review by Carole on June 07, 2015

This review can also be found at Carole's Random Life. 3.5 Stars I have to admit that I am a little torn over how to rate this book. I have been a long time fan of James Grippando and have really enjoyed every one of his books that I have had a chance to read. I liked this book well enough but I just......more

Goodreads review by Kathy on July 01, 2015

This is listed as a Jack Swytek book Jack is a defense attorney who is generally a major character in James Grippando's novels. In this book, he is on one page very near the end. The book was misrepresented. This was a typical crime novel where the criminals are stupid and get caught or killed. Fair......more

Goodreads review by Darlene on June 30, 2015

This is the first James Grippando novel that I have rated below a 4 or 5 star. He is a terrific storyteller, who delivers riveting plots and usually terrific, three-dimensional characters. While Cash Landing did not fail to deliver page tuning suspense, it was not up to his pervious standards in cha......more

Goodreads review by Jennifer on February 20, 2020

So I picked up this one thinking it would have some background stuff on a main character that I read from this author...HE DOESN'T COME IN UNTIL THE VERY END!! I didn't mind because it was still a good book, but still. I can't say that I liked any of the characters in this book and I wanted them all......more