James Grippando Books In Order – Complete List

New York Times bestselling author James Grippando is best known for his brilliant Mami defense attorney Jack Swyteck legal thrillers, and his off-shot Andie Henning series, featuring Jack’s FBI agent wife.  There are currently close to 40 James Grippando novels, with the first book written based on him being falsely arrested as a peeping Tom due to mistaken identity. How many writers can say the same for their first published debut novel?

Here are the James Grippando books in order for the Jack Swyteck series, Andie Hennings series, and his standalone novels

Latest James Grippando Books

Jack Swyteck Books in Publication Order

1. The Pardon, 1994
2. Beyond Suspicion, 2002
3. Last to Die, 2003
4. Hear No Evil, 2004
5. Got the Look, 2006
6. When Darkness Falls, 2007
7. Last Call, 2008
8. Born to Run, 2008
9. Afraid of the Dark, 2011
10. Blood Money, 2013
11. Black Horizon, 2014
12. Gone Again, 2016
13. Most Dangerous Place, 2017
14. A Death in Live Oak, 2018
15. The Girl in the Glass Box, 2019
16. The Big Lie, 2020
17. Twenty, 2021
18. Goodbye Girl, 2024
19. Grave Danger, 2025

Jack Swyteck Short Stories

• Operation Northwoods, 2017 (in the Thriller: Stories to Keep You Up All Night series)

Andie Henning Books in Publication Order

Andie Henning is Swyteck’s wife and an FBI agent.

1. Under Cover of Darkness, 2000
2. Money to Burn, 2010
3. Need You Now, 2011
4. Cash Landing, 2015 (Jack Swyteck makes a cameo appearance)

Andie Henning Books in Chronological Order

1. Cash Landing, 2015 (prequel)
2. Under Cover of Darkness, 2000
3. Money to Burn, 2010
4. Need You Now, 2011

Standalone Books in Publication Order

• The Informant, 1996
• The Abduction, 1998
• Found Money, 1999
• A King’s Ransom, 2001
• Leapholes, 2006 (young adult novel, the first YA book to be published by the American Bar Association)
• Lying with Strangers, 2007
• Intent to Kill, 2009
• Cane and Abe, 2015
• Watson, 2022 (play based on a true story)
• Code 6, 2023

Short Story Anthologies in Publication Order

• The Mammoth Book of Legal Thrillers, 2001
• Thriller: Stories to Keep You Up All Night, 2006 (edited by James Patterson)
• The Prosecution Rests: New Stories about Courtrooms, Criminals, and the Law by Mystery Writers of America Presents, 2009
• Suspense Magazine June 2011, 2011

James Grippando Biography – About the Author

Born in 1958 in Waukegan, Illinois, James Grippando, author of the Jack Swyteck book series, grew up in a rural area in Illinois. He started college at the University of Illinois, however, in his second year he transferred to the University of Florida in Gainesville when his family moved to Florida. Once he graduated from law school, his first job was to serve as a law clerk to the Honorable Thomas A. Clark, United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit in Atlanta.

Later he became a trial lawyer, and during this time he worked also in private practice on many death penalty cases, knowledge and experience, which helped him write his first book, The Pardon, where he first introduced the character Jack Swyteck.

He also wrote several scholarly articles about the law, and it was during this time that he started to write fiction. After his first novel, he decided to become a full-time novelist. His many years experience of working as a lawyer helped him with the Jack Swyteck book series, as they all deal with the law one way or another. Most novels take part in Florida, and Miami, where James lives.

In addition to the main Miami attorney Jack Swyteck series, the author’s several standalone novels include legal mysteries and thrillers (like Cane and Abe), or straight-up thrillers (Intent to Kill, The Informant, and Need You Now). We even have time travel stories (Leapholes).

Except for his two main mystery series (Jack Swyteck series and Andie Henning series) and his stand-alone novels (including his YA novel – for young readers), James has also written non-fiction articles and essays for Mystery Scene Magazine, Miami Herald, and Goodreading, among others. He also wrote various scholarly articles related to his job as a lawyer.

Having read the books in his two series, I can mostly speak for his thriller series. While I’m pretty obsessive about reading the books in chronological order, I didn’t quite feel the need to do that here.

James Grippando’s book series, including the lawyer Jack Swyteck and Andie Henning series, are thrilling reads. While reading the books in chronological order helps see the character development, it is not necessary. The books are known for being “clean” and accessible to all readers.

The characters’ stories evolve over time, and reading in order helps see their growth and relationships from book to book. The stories are interconnected, and they build upon each other.

The newest Jack Swyteck thriller is Goodbye Girl, published in 2024. It features a Grammy-winning pop star, Imani Nichols, who has to face some serious problems related to intellectual property and financial exploitation, but as usual, Swyteck is there to save the day.

Grave Danger will be released in January 2025.

Reading the James Grippando novels in proper order for his two series is rather important, especially since the Andie Henning series ties in with the original Swyteck series due to the two main characters being husband and wife.

James Grippando Awards

• Gone Again won the Harper Lee Prize for legal fiction in 2017
• Leapholes was a finalist for the Benjamin Franklin Award in 2007
• Money to Burn won the Florida Book Awards Bronze Medal in 2010
• The author was awarded the Distinguished Author Award by the University of Scranton in 2005