Editorial Content for Grave Danger: A Jack Swyteck Novel
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James Grippando’s Jack Swyteck series deftly combines legal drama with high-octane thrills. The latest entry, GRAVE DANGER, is no exception, as Jack is wrapped up in an international case unlike anything he has ever worked before.
On the surface, Jack is assisting a client who is fighting to maintain custody of a young girl whose father wants to take her back to Tehran. Surprisingly, the woman this child has been living with is not her mother but her aunt. The child’s mother most likely was killed by Iran’s morality police, but there is no clear evidence to validate this or attempt to answer the question surrounding her being dead or alive.
"GRAVE DANGER is another terrific entry in a solid series of legal thrillers with an edge, and Jack Swyteck is an attorney you will want by your side when the going gets tough."
Ava Bazzi is Yasmin’s mother, and Farid is her father. We get to experience the circumstances that led to Ava’s incarceration and subsequent disappearance, and it is quite frightening. Two years later, Jack is brought into the case by Ava’s sister, Zahra. Not knowing what role, if any, Farid played in Ava’s apprehension and death, Zahra is pressing matters with Jack as her attorney in a case that falls under the little-known Hague Convention, which deals with international family squabbles.
It isn’t long before Jack is attacked and threatened by an unknown assailant in an obvious attempt to scare him away. This is all happening while he and his FBI agent wife, Andie Henning, are going through a serious rough patch in their marriage and is currently undergoing couples therapy. Jack had promised Andie that he would try to pull back from high-profile, dangerous cases --- but now he has agreed to help Zahra in what could be one of the most lethal investigations of his career.
At the center of it all is Yasmin, who is irresistible and will melt the hearts of readers. Jack will have to suffer through considerable adversity, as well as more than a few surprises, before he can provide the defense his clients deserve.
GRAVE DANGER is another terrific entry in a solid series of legal thrillers with an edge, and Jack Swyteck is an attorney you will want by your side when the going gets tough.
Teaser
Jack Swyteck’s new client fled Iran to Miami with her daughter and has been accused of kidnapping by her husband. To stop the father from taking the girl back to Tehran, Jack must build a case under international law and prove that returning the child would put her at risk. Everything in this case isn’t what it seems, though, and Jack quickly learns that his client is really the child’s aunt and that the biological mother may have been killed by Iran’s morality police. But 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, Jack must discover who is behind the legal maneuvering and what their interest is.
Promo
Jack Swyteck’s new client fled Iran to Miami with her daughter and has been accused of kidnapping by her husband. To stop the father from taking the girl back to Tehran, Jack must build a case under international law and prove that returning the child would put her at risk. Everything in this case isn’t what it seems, though, and Jack quickly learns that his client is really the child’s aunt and that the biological mother may have been killed by Iran’s morality police. But 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, Jack must discover who is behind the legal maneuvering and what their interest is.
About the Book
Bestselling author James Grippando’s legendary criminal defense attorney, Jack Swyteck, is back to defend a single mother accused of kidnapping her own child in a perilous case involving politics and international diplomacy that will test his legal expertise and his marriage.
Jack Swyteck’s new client fled Iran to Miami with her daughter and has been accused of kidnapping by her husband. The seasoned attorney must not only plan a winning defense. To stop the father from taking the girl back to Tehran, Jack must build a case under international law and prove that returning the child would put her at risk.
But everything in this case isn’t what it seems, and Jack quickly learns that his client is really the child’s aunt and that the biological mother may have been killed by Iran’s morality police. But 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, Jack must discover who is behind the legal maneuvering and what their interest is. As politics threatens to derail the case and compromise the best interests of the child, Jack and Andie find themselves on opposite sides --- with their marriage hanging in the balance. For their relationship to survive, the couple 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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