Friday 56 #82 & BB #58 – The Pardon by James Grippando

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The Friday 56 is hosted by Freda’s Voice.The only rules are to grab a book (any book), turn to page 56 or 56% in your ereader and find any sentence or a few ( no spoilers) that grabs you and post it.

Please join Rose City Reader every Friday to share the first sentence or so of the book you are reading along with you initial thoughts about the sentence, impressions of the book, or anything else the opener inspires.

Please include the title of the book and the author’s name.

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Next up on the shelf is The Pardon by James Grippando.

MY FRIDAY 56

“The why’d you hire me?”

Neil smiled wryly. “Because you were the son of Harold Swyteck. And I could think of no better way to piss of the future law-and-order governor than to have his son come work for a long-haired leftover from a lost generation.

(page 56 in paperback)

MY BOOK BEGINNINGS

The vigil had begun at dusk, and it would last all night. Clouds had moved in after midnight, blocking out the full moon. It was as if heaven had closed its omniscient eye in sorrow or just plain indifference. Another six hours of darkness and waiting and the red morning sun would rise over the pine trees and palms of northeast Florida. Then, at precisely 7:00 AM, Raul Fernandez would be put to death.

GOODREADS SYNOPSIS

In this stunning debut novel, which combines the breakneck pace of John Grisham’s “The Firm” with the murderous suspense of James Patterson’s “Along Came a Spider,” an estranged father and son must find common ground to survive the machinations of a psychopath bent on serving his own twisted vision of justice.

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None of the available covers match my paperback.
The Pardon
I am a “cover girl”.

Which cover do you like best?

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12 thoughts on “Friday 56 #82 & BB #58 – The Pardon by James Grippando”

  2. Wow! Great covers and excerpts! This one does sound gripping and one that would keep me glued to the pages. Thanks for sharing…and for visiting my blog.

  4. Neil sounds like a character I’d like to get to know!
    I like the second cover best, simply because at first I thought the book’s title was The James Grippando Pardon.
    Thanks for stopping by my blog and leaving a comment.
    Sandy @ TEXAS TWANG

  8. Gripping Grippando! That’s what went through my head after reading the snippets. Never read anything of his but feel I should. I think I’d really enjoy his books. Happy weekend!

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