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Title details for Got the Look by James Grippando - Available

Got the Look

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by James Grippando
Nick Sullivan
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A beautiful woman is kidnapped, and a chilling ransom demand is sent to her wealthy husband. FBI agent Andie Henning is up against a unique breed of serial kidnapper. Enter Jack Swyteck. He has a new girlfriend, and life is good-until Mia Salazar goes missing. Then the bottom falls out. Jack finds out his lover is married. Worse, her rich husband gets a ransom demand that pegs Mia as the kidnapper's next victim. Worst of all, her husband knows about her affair with Jack, and he decides to pay the kidnapper exactly what his cheating wife is worth: nothing. Throughout, nothing is what it seems, and Jack is in for a twisty ride if he's to find the madman before someone else dies.

  • Creators

  • Series

    Jack Swyteck

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    May 1, 2006

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9780792744535
      • File size: 362448 KB
      • Duration: 12:35:05

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      The only problem apparent in Grippando's latest is in the writing, not the reading. Nick Sullivan contributes a smooth delivery of a contrived plot and pedestrian dialogue. A serial kidnapper is at work, and his ransom demand is "pay what she's worth." If the ransom payment fails to meet the kidnapper's expectations, the victim is killed. Criminal Defense Lawyer Jack Switeck begins a search for his girlfriend, the latest to be abducted. Sullivan is adept at transforming a story with weak dialogue into a strong presentation. He is at his finest when he's called on to voice the several Latin characters. He has the accents down perfectly. A.L.H. (c) AudioFile 2006, Portland, Maine
    • Publisher's Weekly

      November 7, 2005
      Attorney Jack Swyteck and his jazz musician sidekick Theo Knight josh, joke and kid, but unfortunately the case they're working—the kidnapping of Jack's girlfriend by a sadistic murderer—doesn't lend itself to humor. The disconnect of monkeyshines versus the grim, detailed torture of a helpless woman cripples this thinly plotted, disappointing thriller set in Grippando's familiar South Florida. The girlfriend in question, the gorgeous Mia Salazar, turns out to be (unknown to Jack) married. After she's been seized, her betrayed husband makes it clear that he has no interest in paying any significant ransom. This duty then falls to Jack, who, working with FBI agent Andie Henning (reprised from Under Cover of Darkness
      ), frantically tries to find Mia. Though Jack and Andie are the proverbial oil and water, the results of this pairing are entirely predictable. And when the kidnapper is finally revealed, his identity is as unbelievable as the tortured reasoning that attempts to connect the many disparate plot elements. The chase scene at the end lends some much-needed firepower, but it's too little too late for anyone but the most diehard Grippando fan.

    • AudioFile Magazine
      The best audio performances are the ones that make you forget you're listening to a recording--the ones that take you there. Jonathan Davis is that smooth in this murder mystery, whether he's depicting males or females . . . whites, blacks, Latinos, Southerners, Yankees . . . or the dark villain who forces loved ones to attach a monetary value to the lives of his kidnapped and tortured victims. When Davis reads hero Theo Knight's lines, you feel the presence of a burly, jovial black man. When he depicts white detective Jack Swyteck, you feel the leading man's pain at losing his lover to a perverted madman. Grippando and Davis, stick together. You're a great dramatic team. D.J.M. (c) AudioFile 2006, Portland, Maine

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  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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  • English

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