When Darkness Falls: A Gripping Jack Swyteck Legal Thriller – Miami Hostage Standoff

Name: When Darkness Falls: A Gripping Jack Swyteck Legal Thriller – Miami Hostage Standoff
Price: 1.99 USD
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Rating: 4.3 (650 reviews)
Author: James Grippando

by James Grippando

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4.3 (650)

4.3 stars from 650 reviews. Top 94% of Mystery Thriller books we track.

336 pages~5.6 hr readPublished by HarperCollinsPublished 2007-01-01

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Perfect for you if...

You love legal thrillers where the lawyer is personally invested and the stakes keep escalating.
You want a fast-paced plot that doesn't waste time on backstory—just straight into tension.
You enjoy stories where nothing's straightforward and the real conspiracy lurks beneath the surface.

Maybe not for you if...

You prefer character-driven narratives with plenty of introspection and downtime between plot points.
You're looking for something literary or experimental rather than a traditional page-turner.
You'd rather avoid hostage standoffs and high-stakes criminal drama.

About this book

Miami criminal defense attorney Jack Swyteck is called to defend a homeless man named Falcon who is jailed for threatening to jump off a bridge. From the start, something seems wrong. Falcon produces $10,000 bail in cash, and then a brutally murdered woman is discovered in the trunk of an abandoned car where he has been living. Panicked and fleeing, Falcon takes Jack's best friend Theo hostage and barricades himself in a motel room with multiple captives. Jack must work with police and a negotiator to free Theo and the others before Falcon kills them. However, Falcon has a larger agenda, and powerful people are willing to go to extreme lengths to protect dangerous secrets. The case spirals into a complex situation with high stakes for everyone involved.

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Currently around #111K in the Kindle store — a niche title. Climbing the charts — 24% improvement recently.

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Currently 4.3★ from 650 reviews

Gaining approximately 3 new reviews per month. Rating has climbed from 4.3 to 4.4. Recent readers are rating it higher.

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