I am as clueless as Papa Cantella when it comes to the subject of economy. But does it stop me from enjoying this Wall Street thriller? Absolutely not. In fact, I found this book a bit educational as the author slipped in some explanation for terms and situations, making it an easy read for someo...
Ryan James was a baseball player for a minor league team in Rhode Island. His wife was killed in a car accident that the authorities believed was caused by a drunk driver who left the scene. His small daughter was a passenger and remained unhurt. The story takes place three years later. James...
If you say that a good psychological thriller is filled with suspense and keeps you guessing until the end, then I would say that Lying With Strangers by James Grippando is that and a whole lot more. Peyton Shields is a first year’s resident at a Children’s hospital. Kevin Shields is a law...
James Grippando, Under Cover of Darkness (Avon, 2000)Boy, does this novel start out wonderfully. A workaholic lawyer discovers his wife has gone missing. A local FBI agent with an eye towards the serial killers' profiling unit is given the job of liaison between the branch office and the rep from...
The story is based upon an interesting premise of two people receiving large sums of money, without a return address. These two people, Ryan and Amy, are complete strangers. They are determined to find out where the money came from. They stop at nothing, not caring if lives are lost in the proces...
I took James Patterson's advice and read this as my first Grippando book and I wasn't disappointed. A main character, Swyteck, who is a lawyer by profession but not a legal thriller in the real sense. The plot does not revolve around a legal case and is devoid of any courtroom drama. Rather, it i...
Beyond BadI read up to page 123, then decided life is too short.I wonder if the ending does indeed redeem itself, but then I figured it can’t possibly.This is yet another story about a beautiful young woman found dead in a man’s bathtub. I think the world already has enough of those stories, so i...
Definitely a thriller and one that I could hardly put down. The ending totally ruined everything going for the book. Here are all my gripes.1. Formatting was off. Typos galore. Words were changed all over the place. Not sure if it was due to bad editing or a bad job of transferring the book ...
A divorced lady who daughter is murdered five years ago contacted a contract killer in a bar. She wants his professional services. Contract killer asked her to whom she wanted to kill. She told the contract killer that she wanted to kill herself. After some days the lady was killed at red light o...