The Pardon

By James Grippando

Subjects: Fathers and sons, Lawyers, fiction, Domestic fiction, Jack Swyteck (Fictitious character), Fiction, family life, general, Fiction, legal, Florida, fiction, Large type books, New York Times bestseller, Attorney and client, Lawyers, Executions and executioners, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Legal stories, Fathers and sons, fiction, Fiction, Capital punishment, Mystery fiction, nyt:e-book-fiction=2013-02-03, Detective and mystery stories

Description: An estranged father and son -- one a brilliant defense lawyer, the other the governor of Florida -- must overcome their differences to stop a cunning psychopath.Jack Swyteck, a brilliant Miami defense attorney has spent years rebelling against his father, Harry, now Florida's governor. Their estrangement seems complete when Harry allows one of Jack's clients -- a man Jack believes is innocent -- to die in the electric chair.