Cash Landing - (Jack Swyteck) Large Print by James Grippando (Paperback)

About the Book

The New York Times bestselling author of Cane and Abe and Black Horizon blends Goodfellas and Elmore Leonard in this wild, suspenseful caper inspired by actual events, in which a band of amateur thieves pulls off one of the biggest airport heists in history with deadly consequences.

Every week, a hundred million dollars in cash arrives at Miami International Airport, shipped by German banks to the Federal Reserve. A select group of trusted workers moves the bags through Customs and loads them into armored trucks.

Ruban Betancourt has always played by the rules. But the bank taking his house and his restaurant business going bust has driven him over the edge. He and his wife deserve more than life has handed them, and he s come up with a ballsy scheme to get it. With the help of an airport insider, he, his coke-head brother-in-law, Jeffrey, and two ex-cons surprise the guards loading the armored trucks and speed off with $7.4 million in the bed of a pickup truck.

Investigating the heist, FBI agent Andie Henning, newly transferred to Miami from Seattle, knows the best way to catch the thieves is to follow the money. Jeffrey s drug addiction is as conspicuous as the Rolex watches he buys for dancers at the Gold Rush strip club. One of the ex-cons, Pinky Perez, makes no secret of his plan to own a swinger s club which will allow him carte blanche with his patrons wives. Levelheaded Ruban is desperately trying to lay low and hold things together.

But Agent Henning isn t the only one on their trail, and in the mob-meets-Miami fashion, these accidental thieves suddenly find themselves way in over their heads . . . and sinking fast."

Book Synopsis

The New York Times bestselling author of Cane and Abe and Black Horizon blends Goodfellas and Elmore Leonard in this wild, suspenseful caper inspired by actual events, in which a band of amateur thieves pulls off one of the biggest airport heists in history with deadly consequences.

Every week, a hundred million dollars in cash arrives at Miami International Airport, shipped by German banks to the Federal Reserve. A select group of trusted workers moves the bags through Customs and loads them into armored trucks.

Ruban Betancourt has always played by the rules. But the bank taking his house and his restaurant business going bust has driven him over the edge. He and his wife deserve more than life has handed them, and he's come up with a ballsy scheme to get it. With the help of an airport insider, he, his coke-head brother-in-law, Jeffrey, and two ex-cons surprise the guards loading the armored trucks and speed off with $7.4 million in the bed of a pickup truck.

Investigating the heist, FBI agent Andie Henning, newly transferred to Miami from Seattle, knows the best way to catch the thieves is to follow the money. Jeffrey's drug addiction is as conspicuous as the Rolex watches he buys for dancers at the Gold Rush strip club. One of the ex-cons, Pinky Perez, makes no secret of his plan to own a swinger's club--which will allow him carte blanche with his patrons' wives. Levelheaded Ruban is desperately trying to lay low and hold things together.

But Agent Henning isn't the only one on their trail, and in the mob-meets-Miami fashion, these accidental thieves suddenly find themselves way in over their heads . . . and sinking fast.

From the Back Cover

Ruban Betancourt has always played by the rules. But the bank taking his house and his restaurant going bust has driven him over the edge. He and his wife deserve more, and he's come up with a risky scheme to get it. With the help of an airport insider, he and a group of accomplices surprise the guards loading the armored trucks and speed off with $7.4 million.

Investigating the heist, FBI agent Andie Henning knows the best way to catch the thieves is to follow the money. While his partners in crime are carelessly spending money, levelheaded Ruban is desperately trying to lay low and hold things together.

But Agent Henning isn't the only one on their trail, and in the mob-meets-Miami fashion, these small-time thieves suddenly find themselves way in over their heads . . . and sinking fast.

Review Quotes

"Perhaps the most successful of Jack's 11 cases ... fast-moving ... irresistible ... readers [will be] immersed in the rewardingly complex tangle of political/legal problems." - Kirkus Reviews
"Intriguing ... Grippando has become a master at taking "ripped from the headlines" events, in this case the 2010 Deepwater Horizon spill, and turning them into involving thrillers that, somehow, do not succumb to sensationalism. Grippando achieves this by continuing to focus on characters, especially showing new sides of Jack. Crisp dialogue and an insider's view of Florida elevate "Black Horizon," as do the evocative scenes set in Cuba." - South Florida Sun Sentinel
"A fun read [that] plunges head on into a web of international intrigue ... one of Grippando's most timely books. ... Grippando has fashioned a tight plot and lets it play out in places such as the Bahamas, Havana and the Florida Keys. Under the hot summer sun tempers flare and diabolical plots are hatched, and that's the way we like them." - Huffington Post
"Grippando's fun legal thriller offers a breezy tour of the policies that shape life in South Florida and its Caribbean neighbors." - Lisa Ko, author of The Leavers
"Fast-paced ... recalls the caper novels of Donald E. Westlake." - Booklist
"Grippando makes the best use of reality as he spins fictional gold with Cash Landing." - Mystery Scene
"Action-packed ... Buoyed by Grippando's strong characteres ... Cash Landingis one of Grippando's most hard-edged novels and shows how the best-formed plans quickly spiral out of control when greed and stupidity enter the equation." - Sun Sentinel
"Grippando has become a master at taking "ripped from the headlines" events and turning them into involving thrillers." - Miami Herald
Praise for Cane and Abe: "Cane and Abe is a stunning thriller. Think Gone Girl meets Grisham, then throw in shocking twists and turns that will keep you on edge as you race to the end." - Linda Fairstein, New York Times bestselling author
"This gripping, unputdownable book has everything you crave in a crime novel: a complicated but winning protagonist, a puzzling murder and the kind of ending that just plain wallops you. - Kate White, New York Times bestselling author
Praise for Black Horizon: "James Grippando is a master of the legal thriller." - Robert Massie, New York Times bestselling author
"Fantastic. . . . Finely crafted dialogue and a realistic yet nuanced hero make this thriller a standout." - Publishers Weekly (starred review)