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Summary: Great entertainment
Review: See book description above. Beyond Grisham and beyond Margolin, James Grippando gives us 'Beyond Suspicion'. A truly exciting thriller worthy of bestsellerdom. From viatical investors, to the Russian Mafiya, this well rounded and solid thriller moves at a breakneck pace that should please all readers of suspense. It is very rare that I give a 5 star and Harriet gives a 4 star. What's up with that? Highly recommended.
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Summary: sadly Grippando cops out again and writes a hack novel
Review: This book starts off with a surprisingly unusual and seemingly original premise. The first fifty pages or so feel like one of the better Carl Hiaasen novels or an inspired Elmore Leonard work that teeters on the edge of chaos and anarchy. I was even holding out hope that in some way Grippando was about to lash out and surprise the reader by taking on a wholly unexpected supernatural aspect when we first encounter the main protagonist's wife. Grippando takes the first person point of view, but scatters it around half a dozen characters. This is a bothersome trick of the pen most half assed novelists use to push the plot along. In this novel it totally gets in the way of character development and gives the story a stale quality. Everything that occurs here could have been much more interesting if Grippando took one character and bounced the developments off of that person in unique ways (I am thinking of the `Wind Up Bird Chronicles' as an example here of an author who really knows what he is doing in this regard).
What bugs me the most about this novel is that after the great opening, Grippando spends the rest of his time neatly wrapping up all of the loose ends he created. I wanted to scream at the author for chickening out and not pressing his imaginative abilities. What you have here is in the end a very predictable work of fiction that reads pretty well on par with the better Grisham and Baldacci. Its not terrible, but in the end it is a throw away hack job that won't remain fresh in your mind a week after you have read it
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Summary: BEST GRIPPANDO NOVEL EVER!!!!
Review: This is one hell of a great book. If your are going to read a Grippando thriller this is the one to read. All of his books are great especially the "jack Swyteck" books but this is one of those books you just can't stop reading. I would fine excuses not to go out so I could read this book. When I went out all I could think about was what was going to happen next. Great thinker and keeps you on the edge the whole time. Also for guys w/ women troubles, Grippando's books almost always involve some sort of lady troubles. However Jack always seems to smooth them over ;d
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Summary: BEST GRIPPANDO NOVEL EVER!!!!
Review: This is one hell of a great book. If your are going to read a Grippando thriller this is the one to read. All of his books are great especially the "jack Swyteck" books but this is one of those books you just can't stop reading. I would fine excuses not to go out so I could read this book. When I went out all I could think about was what was going to happen next. Great thinker and keeps you on the edge the whole time. Also for guys w/ women troubles, Grippando's books almost always involve some sort of lady troubles. However Jack always seems to smooth them over ;d
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Summary: BEST GRIPPANDO NOVEL EVER!!!!
Review: This is one hell of a great book. If your are going to read a Grippando thriller this is the one to read. All of his books are great especially the "jack Swyteck" books but this is one of those books you just can't stop reading. I would fine excuses not to go out so I could read this book. When I went out all I could think about was what was going to happen next. Great thinker and keeps you on the edge the whole time. Also for guys w/ women troubles, Grippando's books almost always involve some sort of lady troubles. However Jack always seems to smooth them over ;d
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Summary: What a great book!!
Review: This is the second book of his I have read and will now read all of them. This is my ideal story, lots of law, intellect and throw in two shakers of Russian Mafia and it couldn't get better. Plenty of flummoxed situations throughout and if you were an accomplished detective you wouldn't guess the ending. all the cuddo's to this sagacious author, he is the greatest.
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Summary: Great Characters
Review: When I first picked this book up, I thought, here we go again, another legal thriller by another lawyer. But I'm glad I read it. This is the first novel I've read by Mr. Grippando and I really enjoyed most of the characters in the book. Jack Swyteck reminds me of the Matthew Hope character written by Ed McBain - my favorite. Theo is the one of the best "unsavory" characters I've read in awhile. Only flaw I found with the book was I did not like the ending - much like that of "Presumed Innocent". No matter what her background or reasoning, nothing was presented strongly enough for me to think Cindy Swyteck should get away with murder. Or that Jack should let her. I hope Grippando resolves this in another book.
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Summary: Great Characters
Review: When I first picked this book up, I thought, here we go again, another legal thriller by another lawyer. But I'm glad I read it. This is the first novel I've read by Mr. Grippando and I really enjoyed most of the characters in the book. Jack Swyteck reminds me of the Matthew Hope character written by Ed McBain - my favorite. Theo is the one of the best "unsavory" characters I've read in awhile. Only flaw I found with the book was I did not like the ending - much like that of "Presumed Innocent". No matter what her background or reasoning, nothing was presented strongly enough for me to think Cindy Swyteck should get away with murder. Or that Jack should let her. I hope Grippando resolves this in another book.
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Summary: A kILLER THRILLER
Review: Why isn't James Grippando receiving more credit for his legal thrillers? Your guess is as good as mine. This author has an incredible imagination and comes up with such diverse story lines, that many of the house-hold names of that genre should be looking sheepishly over their shoulders. His latest novel, BEYOND SUSPICION, brings back an old and beloved face in Jack Swyteck (THE PARDON). In BEYOND SUSPICION, the very sinister issue of Viatical Settlements is addressed. Before this book, I had no idea one could even sell their life insurace policy to an investor or a group of investors for cash. There's one catch: You need to die. Mr. Grippando latest thriller takes that premise and runs hard. Throw in an old girlfriend (who did take the money),Theo Knight ..., Swyteck's unique approach at practicing law and you have yourself a best seller. I liked the book so much, I picked up Tom Wopak's audio version for a long flight. Mr. Wopak did a terrific job and should be placed in the Frank Muller, Boyd Gaines, Campbell Scott arena.
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