The Informant (46 page)
Miami Herald
“A smart, straightforward,
and—yes, the pun is unavoidable—gripping thriller.”
Booklist
“A grand beach book
with more twists than a licorice stick.”
New York Daily News
“Grippando writes in nail-biting style.”
USA Today
“Number this intelligent, cleverly constructed thriller among the best.”
Booklist
“Breathless.”
Philadelphia Inquirer
“Deftly plotted political fun.”
Library Journal
“Truly dirty politics and crime…
Hits a nerve…As timely as today’s headlines.”
San Francisco Chronicle
“Rings true to the emotional realities of contemporary life. Readers will turn the pages of
The Pardon
faster than a bailiff can swear in a witness.”
People
“A gripping mélange of courtroom drama and psychotic manipulation,
The Pardon
possesses gritty veracity, genuine characters that elicit sympathy, and superb plotting and pacing…
A bonafide blockbuster.”
Boston Herald
“Powerful…I read
The Pardon
in one sitting—
one exciting night of thrills and chills.”
James Patterson
WHEN DARKNESS FALLS
GOT THE LOOK
HEAR NO EVIL
LAST TO DIE
BEYOND SUSPICION
THE PARDON
A KING’S RANSOM
UNDER COVER OF DARKNESS
FOUND MONEY
THE ABDUCTION
THE INFORMANT
This book is a work of fiction. The characters, incidents, and dialogue are drawn from the author’s imagination and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
THE INFORMANT. Copyright © 1996 by James Grippando. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.
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