As the other reviewers have all said, this book was not up to what I normally expect from a James Grippando read. He is one of my favourite authors and while I still enjoyed the book, it was not one of my top ones.

In this story 3 Cuban Nationals rob an airline terminal as money is coming in from Europe to go to the US treasury. They get 7.4 million. The FBI is called in on the case. The story is told from the perspective of Ruban, the mastermind behind the heist. As predicted by the FBI, the thieves turn on each other. None of the characters are likeable except perhaps, Ruban's wife, who tries to do the right thing. She has had a lot of mishap in her life and this was the last straw for her marriage. Andie Henning, newly transferred to the FBI from Seattle makes an appearance as one of the main investigators. This is the story where she meets Jack Swyteck briefly at the end of the book. They have a relationship in other books about Jack Swyteck. All in all, not a bad story, just not the best from Grippando. ( )

A fast paced, hard to put down thriller. Ruban Bentancourt loses his house and restaurant. This drives him to take desperate measures. He and a few of his relatives and an insider, plan and execute the heist of over seven million dollars from an armored car. Then things start to go from bad to worse. And this is even before the FBI gets involved. ( )

Not quite my normal type of material to read---a little on the too grisly side??? but---it was quite a story and I couldn't just stop in the middle of the audio---had to finish to see "what happened!!!" ( )

June 2015 Loved this book. Read it in 2 days. couldn't put it down. Great author.

Ruban Betancourt has lost his restaurant and the bank has foreclosed on his home; he’s certain he and his wife, Savannah, deserve better. To that end, he’s concocted a scheme to grab part of a German bank’s money shipment when it reaches Miami International Airport. In his quest for the money, Ruban recruits a couple of his buddies, his dim-witted, coke-sniffing brother-in-law, and an airport insider. The caper goes off without a hitch and the motley group manages to make off with several million dollars, most of which ends up buried in the back yard of the rented house Ruban and Savannah now call home.

Ruban knows they need to lay low, to continue with their day-to-day activities and not draw undue attention to themselves, but dissension grows as greedy partners prove unwilling to wait to get their hands on their share of the loot. A delicate balancing act is complicating matters for Ruban --- he’s trying to keep Savannah from discovering his involvement in the heist and the lies he’s telling are getting more and more convoluted. Adding to his troubles, his fellow thieves aren’t the only ones after the money and with things spiraling out of control, Ruban soon finds himself in danger of losing everything.

Andie Henning, an FBI agent newly transferred to Miami from Seattle, is assigned to investigate the heist. Will she track down the thieves and recover the money or will the beleaguered Ruban find a way to control the situation and hold on to the cash?

Unpredictable betrayals, the unraveling of Ruban’s plans, and the interaction between these thoroughly unlikeable men and their low-life confederates will keep readers trying to turn the pages faster than the despicable thieves turn on each other. The suspenseful plot keeps twisting and turning with unforeseen surprises, treating readers to a wild adventure that leads to an unexpected climax.

Recommended. ( )