Cane and Abe - Softcover

Grippando, James

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0062295411 ISBN 13: 9780062295415

Publisher: Harper, 2015

Synopsis

A spellbinding novel of suspense from New York Times bestselling author James Grippando, in which Miami’s top prosecutor becomes a prime suspect in his wife’s disappearance, which may have a chilling connection to the woman he can’t forget.

Unbelievable was the word for her. Samantha Vine was unbelievably beautiful. It was unbelievable that she’d married me. Even more unbelievable that she was gone . . .

Samantha died too soon. Abe Beckham’s new wife has helped him through the loss, but some say it was a step back to marry Angelina, a love from Abe’s past. Abe doesn’t want to hear it, and through the ups and downs, he’s even managed to remain a star prosecutor at the Miami State Attorney’s Office.

Then everything goes wrong.  A woman’s body is discovered dumped in the Everglades, and Abe is called upon to monitor the investigation. The FBI is tracking a killer in South Florida they call “Cutter” because his brutal methods harken back to Florida’s dark past, when machete-wielding men cut sugarcane by hand in the blazing sun.

But when the feds discover that Abe had a brief encounter with the victim after Samantha’s death, and when Angelina goes missing, the respected attorney finds himself under fire. Suspicion surrounds him. His closest friends, family, professional colleagues, and the media no longer trust his motives. Was Angelina right? Was their marriage not what they’d hoped for because he loved Samantha too much? Or was there another woman . . . and a husband with a dark side who simply wanted his new wife gone?

About this title

From the Back Cover:

In New York Times bestselling author James Grippando's latest novel, Miami's top prosecutor becomes a suspect in his wife's disappearance, which may have a chilling connection to the woman he can't forget.

Miami prosecutor Abe Beckham has been through tough personal times with the death of his beloved wife Samantha. Now remarried to the supportive Angelina, he throws himself into his work. When a woman's body is discovered dumped in the Everglades, Abe is called upon to monitor the investigation. The FBI is tracking a killer in South Florida they call "Cutter" because his brutal methods hark back to Florida's dark past, when machete-wielding men cut sugarcane by hand in the blazing sun.

Then Angelina goes missing, and suspicion surrounds Abe. His closest friends, family, professional colleagues, and the media no longer trust his motives. Was his marriage not what he'd hoped for because he loved Samantha too much? Or was there another woman . . . and a husband with a dark side who wanted his new wife gone?

About the Author:

James Grippando is a New York Times bestselling author of suspense. He was a trial lawyer for twelve years before the publication of his first novel, The Pardon, in 1994. He is now counsel at the law firm of Boies Schiller Flexner LLP and an adjunct professor of law and modern literature at the University of Miami School of Law. His novels are enjoyed world-wide in twenty-eight languages, and his novel Gone Again won the 2017 Harper Lee Prize in Legal Fiction. He lives in South Florida.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harper
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0062295411
• ISBN 13: 9780062295415
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 464