Their strained relationship, however, is the least of their problems. Their socialite client—charged with the brutal murder of her husband—is demanding an immediate dismissal of the case. But a ruthless prosecutor is determined to make sure that doesn't happen. Forced to fight a common enemy, the two women close ranks and, in the process, develop a bond that sees them through the uncertainties of trial, the pain of betrayal and pressures neither could have imagined.

    Now the first two Swyteck adventures have been combined in a single volume -- two masterworks of double-cross, murderous intrigue, and pulse-pounding excitement that exhilarate with every unexpected twist and turn.The pardonDefense attorney Jack Swyteck cannot forgive his father, the governor, for allowing Jack's client to be executed for a murder he may not have committed. But a brilliant psychopath has targeted them both for revenge, so son and father must work together . . . or die.Beyond suspicionJack Swyteck falls victim to a beautiful con artist when he inadvertently helps an ex-girlfriend pull off a $1.5 million insurance scam. And when her dead body is discovered in his bathtub, Swyteck's suddenly a homicide suspect and forced to run for his life.