War and Crimes

Gunfire; political corruption; a beautiful, tormented woman; and bottomless shot glasses. Sure it sounds like what you did last summer, but it’s also what Jack Swyteck does in the latest installment of author James Grippando’s mystery series about the adventures of this lawyer/perpetual bachelor. When Darkness Falls is a gripping story of a case that seems predictable on the surface but quickly gets tangled up in Argentina’s Dirty War, which led to the extermination of nearly 30,000 people. Set in Miami over just a few days, Grippando’s tale, the author says, “started with the question: ‘What do we do about terrorism?’” He says the Dirty War was “a bad answer.” (Aren’t all wars?) Read the best-selling novelist’s latest and be hooked by a murder mystery that never dulls. While you’re at it, get a bit of history about a historical event that still casts a shadow over many people in our community.
Fri., Jan. 19, 8 p.m.