When Darkness Falls, James Grippando
When Darkness Falls, James Grippando
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When Darkness Falls

Author: James Grippando

Narrator: Jonathan Davis

Unabridged: 10 hr 29 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 01/02/2007


Synopsis

In the latest novel from the bestselling author whom critics have called ""the thriller writer to watch,"" lawyer Jack Swyteck tackles a case in which the life of his best friend hangs in the balance—and in which nothing is as it seems.Miami criminal defense attorney Jack Swyteck isn't looking for a new client, at least not one who is homeless and in jail for threatening to jump off a bridge. But from the moment Jack is called to defend the man, who goes by the name Falcon, something is amiss. For one thing, Falcon comes 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 in which he is living.Panicked and on the run, Falcon takes Jack's best friend, Theo, hostage. They end up barricaded in a motel room, and Theo isn't the only one at Falcon's mercy. Jack must work with the cops and their crackerjack negotiator to free Theo and the other captives before Falcon decides he has nothing to lose by killing them all.What Jack doesn't know is that Falcon has a much bigger agenda, and that there are people behind the scenes who will stop at nothing to keep their dangerous secrets. Thus unfolds a riveting, lightning-paced story, as only James Grippando can tell it.

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 Maddy on December 06, 2013

RATING: 4.25 Most defense attorneys will tell you that many of the people that they represent are not innocent. In spite of that fact, they are sworn to provide them with the best possible legal defense. Miami defense attorney Jack Swyteck finds himself in a real dilemma when he is assigned a homeles......more

Goodreads review by Ashley Reading Stewardess on April 13, 2011

The concepts I found most interesting in the book, was how Grippando based the circumstances of the plot and it's characters in part on the story of the "Disappeared's" from Argentina's Civil War as well as the idea to have a blind negotiator who's blindness was influenced by his own father's blindn......more

Goodreads review by Jenna on April 07, 2019

this story was a little weird. a bit graphic at times. an intriguing mystery. w/out giving any spoilers: A homeless man Falcon is obsessed w/the mayor's daughter Alyssia (who's a cop). Why? Jack is Falcon's lawyer. a hostage situation occurs. I wasn't sure where the story was going b/c the suspense see......more

Goodreads review by Jennifer on November 24, 2020

Finished this one in one day! Of course we had a road trip where we listened to it, but we made sure to finish it to find out what was happening...and to see if my husband was right because of course he guessed everything! Ok, there was one small part at the end that he didn't guess, but the rest he......more