Last to Die
Written by James Grippando
Narrated by Ken Howard
4/5
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About this audiobook
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 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.
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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Reviews for Last to Die
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The third book in the Jack Swyteck series is a strong entrant. It's got greed, deception, mystery, stalking, and a character haunted by their tragic past.The tortured character is a woman whose daughter was murdered, unable to stand life anymore she attempts to hire a contract killer to murder her however she is turned down, only to still turn up dead two weeks later.At the reading of her will six people who made her life difficult are named in her will, all beneficiaries to 46 million dollars... if they are the last one alive.Enter dead bodies and subterfuge.Overall a well paced legal thriller/murder mystery that was not at all predictable and an easy pleasurable read.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5good but not great Swyteck and Theo - about a woman who hires Theo's brother to kill her and then has a will that causes everyone to kill one another off. Theo also finds out that Tatum was the one who set him up for murder years before.
- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5After her daughter was murdered, Sally Fenning could not regain any love of life even after marrying for major bucks and living the high life. So she hired someone to kill her and left $47 million to the survivor of a group of six strangers. This plot had promise but I'm afraid Grippando did not do it justice. I've liked his other stuff but this was just poorly developed and the story telling was plodding. I'm adding it to the database so I'll remember I did read it :)
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Too repetitious. Each character has to fill other characters in on what's going on, although the reader already knows that stuff. Synopsis: Woman is stabbed and her daughter killed. She divorces and remarries, this time to an extremely wealthy man. Her will leaves 46 million dollars to the last man alive, out of six people she hated.I listed to this on CD. The reader Nick Sullivan has a nice deep voice, but it's difficult to listen to in the car; I have to keep turning the volume up and down. His female voices are so-so.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Last to Die is a suspense murder mystery with an interesting plot. It's not your typical "Victim found murdered so who dunnit?"Jack Swyteck has the unenviable task of defending his best friend's brother, thug-turned-angel, Tatum Knight. Knight is suspected of killing a woman, shooting her dead in broad daylight. He admits that the deceased, Sally Fenning, did approach him to play hit man but swears he turned her down. Little brother Theo believes him. It's when Knight is named in Sally Fenning's 46 million dollar will that things get complicated. For this is no ordinary bequeathment. While five other individuals are named in the will they are all people Sally hated and only one of them can inherit the money; the last one standing. Soon, as one would expect, people start to die.What makes Last To Die truly interesting is the cast of characters. Every person has a unique story to tell and a past to hide.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5I wanted to like this book because of the clever premise of the 'game' outlined in her will. But like so many books in this genre, the "shoot-em-up" ending was a bit disappointing. This was the first book by Grippando that I read; and I will probably try some of his other novels. Overall, "OK"
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5This was spooky getting off the ground. Then a little jolt to wake you right up. After that, it rolls along, and it takes a while to figure it out. Of course the name was easy enough, but not who it matched up to. A couple o very sly clues and you’re on the right track. It answered a very old question and brought up new ones. But I didn’t buy the sisters act for a minute!
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Interesting story that is a bit predictable in parts but still enjoyable