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Type of bind: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN num: 9780060005566
ISBN number: 0060005564
Label: Harper
Manufacturer: Harper
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 464
Printing Date: July 01, 2004
Publishing house: Harper
Release Date: June 29, 2004
Sale Popularity Level: 54551
Studio: Harper
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In an exciting new series that critics have called 'John Grisham meets Robert Ludlum,' Miami criminal defense lawyer Jack Swyteck faces his biggest challenge yet.
Tatum Knight is a former contract killer. Ruthless. Conniving. And he's Jack's newest client. Tatum is the older brother of Jack's best friend, Theo. Theo himself spent time on death row until Jack found the evidence to prove him innocent. Jack isn't so sure about Tatum.
A gorgeous young woman has been shot dead in her Mercedes on a Miami street. Tatum denies that he had anything to do with it, but he admits to Jack that he did meet with her in Theo's bar, where she tried to hire him.
Sally Fenning was worth forty-eight million dollars when she died. Money had never made her happy, so she left it all to her enemies—left it for them to fight over, that is. She named six heirs in her will, but there's a catch: No one gets a penny until all but one of the heirs are dead. It's survival of the greediest.
Quickly the lawyers gear up for a bitter legal battle, but Jack braces himself for much worse. He alone knows that heir number six—Tatum Knight—is a professional killer. As the heirs begin to fall, Jack and his unforgettable sidekick, Theo, are in a race against time to discover if Tatum is behind all the killing. Or is someone even more frightening, more dangerous, the odds-on favorite to be the last to die?
From the harrowing very first scene through its shocking climax, Last to Die delivers nonstop action and chilling suspense that fans around the world have come to expect from bestselling author James Grippando.
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I thought the premise was crazy. Who would believe this could even happen - who would contract to have themselves killed - and then leave $46 million to the contracted killer? But who was the 'real' killer? I kept changing my guesses all the way through the book and was wrong to the end.
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I won't summarize the book here, but I'll just say that this Grippando book is a really good one and is worthy of you reading. The best part about this book was that the whole way through I was guessing who the villian was, and every one of my guess turned out wrong. While I was trying to imagine who the villian would be, at the same time I was hoping that I would be wrong so the ending would be a surprise, and it turned out that everyone I thought was guilty wasn't; everyone I thought was innocent had some sore of involvement; or some combination of the two. This is a blazing fast read that I finished in a day and half, and I wasn't even intending to read that much. Definitely pick this book up.
Also, it's pretty funny too. There were about a dozen lines in the book that actually had me laughing out loud, and you don't usually find that in a suspense/thriller like this one. I highly recommend this book to you.
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The book The Last to Die by James Grippando was one of the best books I have ever read. Now normally I read short books that are easy to get through, but this book was different. I read this book in three days and I was sad when it ended. This book had me hanging on the egde of my seat! It is an exciting novel for both teens and adults. I think this book should be read by all who like exciting books!
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Although a little gorey and graphic, this book kept my nose stuck between the pages.
The concept behind the storyline is brilliant and original.
The characters are very well defined, and their stories unfold seamlessly.
Strongly recommended!
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This is my 3rd Grippando book and one of the best whodonits that I have read in a while
Imagine this, Sally Fenning is a beautiful, young woman who has decided to end her life. Her life has been tragic since her young daughter was murdered and she was stabbed by a stalker who the police failed to catch and she feels she has nothing to gain. She asks a contract killer to do the deed. He refuses, she ends up dead anyway and she names him in her will. Along with Tatum, the contract killer, Sally also adds her ex-husband, the divorce lawyer, the DA that covered the investigation, a reporter who was planning on writing a book based on Sally's tragedy and finally a stranger name Alan Sirap to the list of beneficiaries. The amount of the inheritance is $46 million and only the last person living will collect the "jackpot".
This is where the fun starts. Jack Swyteck, best friend of the contract killer's brother is hired to defend Tatum and try to secure the inheritance for his client. Jack is too much of a good guy not to be bothered by the fact that this beautiful mysterious women decides to include the person that she hired to kill her, in her will.
As you coast along the book, you will start to understand the reason why each person was named in the will and you will also have fun trying to figure out who is killing each of the beneficiaries and who is Alan Sirap?
Grippando keeps me entertained and also on the edge of my seat, trying to answer all the questions before the book ended.
He just seems to get better with each book that I read. One of my fav.
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