The Pardon: The First Jack Swyteck Novel

Jack Swyteck, a brilliant Miami defense attorney has spent years rebelling against his father, Harry, now Florida's governor. Their estrangement seems complete when Harry allows one of Jack's clients -- a man Jack believes is innocent -- to die in the electric chair.

But when a psychopath bent on serving his own twisted version of justice places both Jack and Harry in extreme jeopardy, the two have nowhere to turn but to each other. Together they must find a way to overcome their cunning tormentor's manipulation . . . even as the stakes are being raised to far more perilous heights.

“Powerful. . . . I read The Pardon in one sitting—one exciting night of thrills and chills.” — James Patterson

A brilliant Miami defense attorney, Jack Swyteck has spent years rebelling against his father, Harry, currently the governor of Florida. Their relationship is strained to the limit when Harry allows one of Jack's clients to die in the electric chair—a man Jack firmly believed was innocent. But now they will have to put their mutual animosity on a back burner, because a psychopath driven by his own twisted version of justice has placed both father and son in extreme harm's way. With no one to turn to but each other, Jack and Harry must work together to overcome the sinister manipulations of a brilliant and bloodthirsty tormentor?or they will die together as the stakes are raised to higher and more terrifying heights.

“A gripping melange of courtroom drama and psychotic manipulation. . . . A bona fide blockbuster.” - Boston Herald

“The Pardon arrives with the pistol-shot crack of a gavel cutting through a courtroom.” - Tampa Tribune

“Powerful. . . . I read The Pardon in one sitting--one exciting night of thrills and chills.” - James Patterson

“Takes us into the steamy side of Florida law, politics, and murder . . . Grippando writes about what he knows and it’s good.” - Sunday Oklahoman

“Grippando ratchets up the suspense every few pages . . . A promising, cleverly plotted, and taut first novel.” - Booklist