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Jack Swyteck, a celebrated Miami defense attorney, has long clashed with his father, Governor Harry Suyteck. Their relationship seems doomed after Harry permits a client Jack regards as innocent to be executed in the electric chair. Now, a cunning psychopath threatens the state’s capital punishment system, forcing the estranged pair to set aside their differences and collaborate in a race against time to stop the killer and restore justice.
First publish date: 1994
Genre: Mystery & Detective/Private Investigator
Authors: James Grippando
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