Title from container. "HD." "Light." "Harper Audio." Read by Jonathan Davis. Previously released by HarperCollins Publishers, ℗2020. Release date supplied by publisher. Issued on Playaway, a dedicated audio media player. One set of earphones and one AAA battery required for listening.
Summary:
"The country is reeling. For the sixth time in American history, the winner of the popular vote will not occupy the Oval Office. President Malcolm MacLeod, the Machiavellian incumbent, was spared from impeachment only because his political foes were certain they would oust him at the ballot box. Now he appears to have secured a second term, thanks to a narrow victory in the Electoral College. MacLeod's opponent, Florida senator Evan Stahl, saw his campaign rocked by allegations of an extramarital affair -- with another man. Despite the salacious, headline-making scandal and the surrounding media frenzy, most Americans still chose Stahl to lead the politically polarized nation. And Stahl is refusing to concede. Backed by millions of supporters, he looks to individual members of the Electoral College to cross party lines. Gun lobbyist Charlotte Holmes is one of Florida's twenty-nine electors bound by law and by oath to cast her vote for MacLeod, who won Florida by the thinnest of margins. When Charlotte announces that she intends to vote her conscience and throw the Electoral College to Stahl, the president and his Florida machine haul her into court on felony charges -- which, for some, isn't nearly punishment enough. Miami attorney Jack Swyteck is going to use every legal maneuver he can to keep his new client free -- and alive. MacLeod's handpicked prosecutor is determined to prove that Charlotte is unfit to cast a vote. Combing through her past, he's trying to dredge up skeletons to humiliate and discredit her, while others with far deadlier intentions have begun acting on their threats. As the pressure mounts, Charlotte and Jack must decide how far they'll go to stand their ground in the stand-your-ground state."-- Provided by publisher.
Series:
A Jack Swyteck novel ; [16] Grippando, James, 1958- Jack Swyteck novel. Spoken word ; 16.
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