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    Under Cover of Darkness

    By James Grippando

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    The youngest lawyer ever to grab the helm of Seattle's most prominent law firm, Gus Wheatley has found success–as well at money, power, and prestige. He thinks nothing can interfere with his meteoric rise to the top. Until his wife, Beth, vanishes.

    Beth's disappearance coincides with a series of brutal murders the FBI dubs the "bookend killings." They think Beth is the killer's latest victim... or his willing accomplice. But Gus knows his wife would never ally herself with a cold–blooded killer. The further he searches, however, the more he discovers that Beth isn't the woman he thought he knew.

    Beth may be alive. She may or may not be innocent. She may have come up against evil far more reaching than a serial killer. And for Gus and his family, that evil is much too close to home.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateFeb 24, 2009
    ISBN9780061862625
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    James Grippando

    James Grippando is a New York Times bestselling author with more than thirty books to his credit, including those in his acclaimed series featuring Miami criminal defense attorney Jack Swyteck, and the winner of the Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction. He is also a trial lawyer and teaches law and literature at the University of Miami School of Law. He lives and writes in South Florida.

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    • 4/5
      This was sitting on the bookshelf awhile so I picked it up late Fri night and finished Sat afternoon. Fast moving, some interesting plot twists, everything not tied up all neat and tidy at the end. While Grippando fleshes out the main characters just enough to get you through the story, his ability to get you to visualize the locales is impressive.
    • 4/5
      A very enjoyable book, for the most part! It got a little predictable toward the end, but it makes up for it by being very suspenseful throughout the rest of the story.What I mean is this: In most of the crime novels I’ve read thus far, the reader gets enough glimpses from the bad guy’s p.o.v. that he/she can pretty much work out what is going on. Then, the suspense of the novels rests on sitting back and watching the police try to put together clues.This one was different.It gave almost no clues as to what has really happened. Therefore, the suspense becomes that of a true whodunit, whatdidtheydo, howdidtheydoit, etc.Once the “bad guy’s” side of the story was more or less revealed, though, it became fairly predictable. But not enough so for me to not recommend this book/author to a fellow friend of crime mystery novels.And little Morgan will just break your heart! I'm not even that big of a fan of children and I found her adorable. ^_^