Grave Danger: A Jack Swyteck Novel (Jack Swyteck Novel 19)
New York Times bestselling author and winner of the Harper Lee prize for Legal Fiction James Grippando returns with another thrilling novel following legendary defense attorney Jack Swyteck—in which a perilous case of international importance will test both his legal expertise and his marriage.“Spectacular. . . . Swyteck continues to be one of the more compelling legal-thriller protagonists, and Grippando continues to be one of the genre’s best craftsmen. Another winner in this consistently excellent series.”—Booklist
After fleeing from Iran to Miami with her daughter, Jack Swyteck’s new client is accused of kidnapping by her husband. To protect his client and stop the father from taking the girl back to Tehran, Jack needs a winning defense and must build a case under international law to prove that returning the child would put her at risk.But everything in this case isn’t what it seems. His client is really the child’s aunt, and the biological mother may have been killed by Iran’s morality police. What role did the father play in his wife’s death, and why is Jack’s wife, FBI agent Andie Henning, being pressured by her bosses to persuade Jack to drop the case?Plunging into an investigation unlike any other he’s experienced, Jack must discover who is behind the legal maneuvering and why. As politics threaten to derail the case, compromise the best interests of the child, and threaten their marriage, he and Andi must navigate a treacherous web of deceit that extends from a Miami courthouse to the highest echelons of Washington, DC, and spells grave danger at every turn.
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New York Times bestselling author and winner of the Harper Lee prize for Legal Fiction James Grippando returns with another thrilling novel following legendary defense attorney Jack Swyteck—in which a perilous case of international importance will test both his legal expertise and his marriage.“Spectacular. . . . Swyteck continues to be one of the more compelling legal-thriller protagonists, and Grippando continues to be one of the genre’s best craftsmen. Another winner in this consistently excellent series.”—Booklist
After fleeing from Iran to Miami with her daughter, Jack Swyteck’s new client is accused of kidnapping by her husband. To protect his client and stop the father from taking the girl back to Tehran, Jack needs a winning defense and must build a case under international law to prove that returning the child would put her at risk.But everything in this case isn’t what it seems. His client is really the child’s aunt, and the biological mother may have been killed by Iran’s morality police. What role did the father play in his wife’s death, and why is Jack’s wife, FBI agent Andie Henning, being pressured by her bosses to persuade Jack to drop the case?Plunging into an investigation unlike any other he’s experienced, Jack must discover who is behind the legal maneuvering and why. As politics threaten to derail the case, compromise the best interests of the child, and threaten their marriage, he and Andi must navigate a treacherous web of deceit that extends from a Miami courthouse to the highest echelons of Washington, DC, and spells grave danger at every turn.
