Twenty, James Grippando
Twenty, James Grippando
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Twenty
A Jack Swyteck Novel

Author: James Grippando

Narrator: Jonathan Davis

Unabridged: 11 hr 39 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 01/05/2021


Synopsis

Jack Swyteck and his family are caught in the crossfire after a deadly school shooting claims twenty casualties—Florida’s fifth mass shooting in as many years—in this provocative and timely thriller from Harper Lee Prize–winner James Grippando that touches on some of the most contentious issues roiling America today.

It is the message every parent of a school-age child fears: “Active Shooter on Campus.” Jack Swyteck is at his office when he receives the emergency text from Riverside Day School. Both his daughter, Righley, and his wife, FBI agent Andie Henning, are in danger. Andie is in the school’s rec center when she hears the fire alarms, then loud popping noises and screams coming from the hallway. A trained law-enforcement officer, Andie knows she’s supposed to stay locked down inside the room. But Righley is in her kindergarten classroom and Andie must get her to safety.The tragedy prompts mass hysteria—and dangerous speculation. The police haven’t identified the shooter, but they find a handgun on the school grounds registered to a parent, a Muslim man named Amir Khoury. News of the gun and its owner leaks and quickly goes viral. Within minutes Al Qaeda claims responsibility. Andie is shocked—Amir is married to her friend, Lilly, a WASP whose bloodline goes back to the American Revolution. When Xavier, Amir and Lilly’s oldest child and an eighteen-year-old senior at Riverside confesses to the crime, the local community’s anti-Muslim fervor explodes to levels unseen since 9/11. Terrified for her son’s life, Lilly asks Jack to step in. A seasoned defense attorney with a passion to see justice done, he’s taken on plenty of complicated cases. Xavier’s, however, is not one he’s inclined to take—until an old friend who lost his daughter in the shooting tells him that he must.  With the public calling for blood and prosecutors confident their case is air tight, Jack must unearth the Khourys’ family secrets in order to expose the shocking truth and save his client from certain death. But he may not be able to save everyone—including himself.

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 Joey on February 18, 2021

2.0 stars— I’ve never read any book by James Grippando before, but this one looked interesting so I decided to give it a try. “Twenty” tells the story of a mass shooting at an elite private school which kills 14 students and teachers. The main characters, Jack, a defense attorney, and his wife, Andi......more

Goodreads review by Arthur on February 20, 2021

OK, Grippando is back! I thought he was completely off the rails in "The Big Lie." He foolishly alienated half his audience with political opinions (in my opinion - lol). This book gets us back to the Jack Swytek franchise the author has long and successfully built.......more

Goodreads review by Kathy on December 24, 2020

4.5 stars. Twentyby James Grippandois a riveting legal thriller with a socially relevant storyline. Although this latest release is the seventeenth mystery in the Jack Swytekseries, it can be read as a standalone. Before attorney Jack Swytek drops wife Andie Henning and their daughter, Righley, the......more

Goodreads review by Vickie on February 20, 2021

An intense and fast-paced read about a school shooting and the Muslim family that is caught in the crosshairs. Righley, Jack and Andie’s little girl, attends an exclusive school in Miami and both doting parents drop her off each morning. On the morning of the shooting, Andie spends extra time with t......more

Goodreads review by Faith on December 26, 2020

I was concerned that I would not know what was going on with all of the characters here. This book is the latest in a well established series. I was also afraid that the subject matter would turn me off. School shootings are tricky. You have to do them right and, being a teacher and having been in l......more