Born to Run: A Novel of Suspense (Jack Swyteck Novel)

when The U.s. Vice President Dies Un-expectedly During A Hunting Trip In The Everglades, The President Selects His Friend, Former Florida Governor Harry Swyteck, To Fill The Vacant Position. Called To Washington To Serve As His Father's Legal Advisor, Jack Swyteck Has Mixed Feelings About Working So Closely With The Parent He's Been At Odds With In The Past. Jack's Duty, However, As A Son And As An American, Takes Top Priority. but The Vipers Are Restless In The D.c. Snake Pit. A Fifty-year-old Secret Is Unraveling And A Cover-up At The Highest Levels Of Government Threatens To Drag Both Swytecks Under. When Hostages Are Taken, Jack Must Get To The Root Of The Evil And Quickly—because Suddenly No One Is Safe, And The Presidency Itself Hangs In The Balance. lansing State Journal (mi) “a Top-notch Thriller With Many Mesmerizing Scenes . . . A Distinctive, Intriguing Tale That Could Be Ripped From Tomorrow’s Headlines.” Bestselling author James Grippando is back with another innovative and action-packed thriller featuring his ever-popular hero. Jack Swyteck gets caught in a dangerous web of intrigue and murder at the top levels of the United States government in his most high-profile and disturbing case yet. Miami criminal defense lawyer Jack Swyteck guards his own family secrets closely, after his father's two terms as Florida's governor made some personal rifts public. Things between the two men are finally better, and whenever Harry Swyteck asks for Jack's help he gets it. Suddenly, Harry needs it more than ever before. When Harry's friend, the vice president of the United States, goes hunting for alligators in the Everglades and winds up dead, the president positions Harry to be his new VP. Harry immediately asks Jack to be his lawyer. The prestige that comes from the job turns lethal, however, when Jack finds himself at the heart of a complicated cover-up that spans nearly fifty years and the globe. Before hostages can be released, an old secret must be revealed, one that could threaten the life of the president of the United States himself. "When the U.S. Vice President dies unexpectedly during a hunting trip in the Everglades, the President selects his friend, former Florida governor Harry Swyteck, to fill the vacant position. Called to Washington to serve as his father's legal advisor, Jack Swyteck has mixed feelings about working so closely with the parent he's been at odds with in the past. Jack's duty, however, as a son and as an American, takes top priority. But the vipers are restless in the D.C. snake pit. A fifty-year-old secret is unravelling, and a cover-up at the highest levels of government threatens to drag both Swytecks under. When hostages are taken, Jack must get to the root of the evil and quickly because suddenly no one is safe, and the presidency itself hangs in the balance."--Provided by publisher Intrepid Miami Attorney Jack Swyteck Comes To The Aid Of His Former Governor Father As He Investigates The Suspicious Hunting Death Of The Vice President. James Grippando. Jack Swyteck gets caught in the dangerous web of intrigue and murder at the top levels of the U.S. government in the eighth entry in Grippando's bestselling series Intrepid Miami attorney Jack Swyteck comes to the aid of his former governor father as he investigates the suspicious hunting death of the vice president NL-ZmNBD