<p>In this electrifying, fast-paced tale of suspense, Miami criminal defense lawyer Jack Swyteck takes on his first death-row client since The Pardon, in a case that is as twisty as it is shocking.</p><p>Sashi Burgette vanished on her way to school three years ago. The night after the teenager’s disappearance, ex-con Dylan Reeves was stopped for drunk driving. An article of Sashi’s clothing was found in his truck, and a police videotape of his drunken explanation under interrogation sealed his fate at trial. Now, with Reeves’s execution just days away, Sashi’s mother visits Jack Swyteck, and delivers shocking news: “Sashi called me.”</p><p>The police dismiss the call as a cruel hoax. The state attorney refuses to consider the new evidence, insisting the case is closed. The governor has already signed the death warrant. Time is running out, and an innocent man may be executed—unless his lawyers can find Sashi.</p><p>A man of principle who believes in justice, Jack jumps into the investigation. But the deeper he digs, the more he realizes that nothing is what it appears to be. Not the victim. Not her alleged killer. And definitely not Sashi’s parents, whose grief ruptured their marriage, with each openly blaming the other for what happened to their daughter.</p><p>As their gut-wrenching and hopelessly conflicting versions of events unfold in a Miami courtroom, it becomes clear to Jack that there is something even more difficult to find than a long-missing girl . . . the truth.</p><p>Praise for James Grippando</p><p>“Swyteck is exceptionally cool. And so is Grippando.”—<em>Miami Herald</em></p><p>“Grippando has been at the top of the legal-thriller ladder for some time.”—<em>U.S. News &amp; World Report</em></p><p>“Spellbinding.”—<em>Huffington Post</em></p><p>“Grippando has the skill to deliver a pristine thriller.”—<em>New York Journal of Books</em></p>