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"[A] thrill-a-minute novel."

USA Today

Jack Swyteck is back in action in Born to Run—the eighth outing for the danger-prone Miami lawyer in author James Grippando's New York Times bestselling series. In this timely and spellbinding thriller, Swyteck is embroiled in shady Washington D.C. politics when his own father is selected by the President to replace the Vice President, killed in a hunting accident. Born to Run crackles with suspense, surprises, and razor sharp wit—"a fun 200-proof yarn," the Washington Post raves—and serves as indisputable evidence, as crime fiction superstar Harlan Coben attests, that "Grippando grips from page one."

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    • AudioFile Magazine
      Right from the start of this latest Grippando legal thriller, narrator Jonathan Davis takes charge. As a character is pursued over the rooftops of a foreign city, the excitement boils from Davis's lips. In this latest Jack Swyteck adventure, the U.S. vice president is killed in a hunting accident, and Swyteck's father, a former Florida governor, is nominated to replace him. From there Swyteck is drawn into a massive, decades-old cover-up that spans the globe. Hostages are taken, secrets are revealed, and the life of the president himself is threatened. It's not just the exciting parts where Davis excels in his delivery. His solid dialogue also makes for a standout performance. A.L.H. (c) AudioFile 2009, Portland, Maine
    • Publisher's Weekly

      March 2, 2009
      In this newest installment of the Jack Swyteck mysteries, the vice president dies during an alligator hunt in the Everglades, and Jack’s father, the former governor of Florida picked by the president to fill the vacant v-p slot, brings Jack to Washington as his legal counsel. But Washington politics prove deadly, and soon Jack is investigating a mystery that has its roots 40 years in the past. Jonathan Davis brings considerable skill to his reading; with clear articulation and a keen sense of timing, he conveys the book’s suspenseful plotting and nicely balances numerous characters of diverse ethnicities and genders. It is a fine performance that will keep listeners on the edge of their seats. A HarperCollins hardcover.

    • Booklist

      October 15, 2008
      Veteran thriller writer Grippando has been known to inject presidential politics into his thrillers before, most notably in The Abduction (1998), whichfeatured a heated contest between a female Democratic nominee and an African American Republican. In this eighth Jack Swyteck novel, the politics turn deadly when the vice president, out hunting crocodiles in the Everglades, ends up dead. Jacks father, Harry, is asked to take over as the presidents number-two man, but Jack suspects the late vice president might have been murdered and that his father might be next. When Jack receives an e-mailoffering tosell information about President Keyesinformation that could make Jacks dad the next presidenthe starts to dig deeper, gathering information from everyone from the late vice-presidents widow to thesister of a slain tabloid reporter. And as if Jack didnt have enough trouble, he also must deal with the fact that hes turning 40. This, of course, is a subject of great humor for Jacks best friend and all-around wiseacre, ex-con Theo Knight. But Jacks more visiblepolitical profile spells trouble for his relationship with FBI agent Andie Henning, who fears her boyfriends newfound status will negatively affect her career. Grippando ratchets up the action to a breakneck pace in the last half of the novel, stopping to liberally sprinkle the proceedings with snarky dialogue, pointed satire, andsome touching father-son moments. Everything you expect in a Grippando novel and more.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2008, American Library Association.)

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