2020 Eric Hoffer Award Finalist

A new lawyer. A safecracker client. A gang of well-heeled enemies out to silence them. Award-winning author, Jim Garrison delivers a smart, multi-layered plot in the legal thriller, The Safecracker. -JOHNNIE BERNHARD, AUTHOR OF A GOOD GIRL, HOW WE CAME TO BE, AND SISTERS OF THE UNDERTOW

Idealistic young lawyer Patricia Egan has a housemate she doesn’t like and a client she doesn’t want-a professional safecracker who seems far removed from the well-heeled civil clients her firm has been representing. But the safecracker and her former clients are closely linked in their respective criminal enterprises, something they want no one to discover, certainly not Patricia or her fellow lawyer and housemate, Jack Alexander. There’s a string of dead and maimed to prove it.

More than one safe gets cracked in this intriguing tale that has a John Grisham or Scott Turow feel to it. In addition to the heavy metal safe inside the Mexican fast-food restaurant with a lot less cash than is expected, there is also the paper trail safe that leads to a land grab for a lot more cash than most people can imagine. What one has to do with the other and how a couple of young lawyers unravel hidden connections between the two are at the heart of this legal thriller. -JOE KILGORE, US REVIEW OF BOOKS

A deftly crafted and simply riveting suspense thriller of a novel by an author with an impressively effective narrative storytelling style, The Safecracker by James Garrison will prove to be an immediate and enduringly popular addition to community library Mystery/Suspense collections. Unreservedly recommended for the personal reading lists of all dedicated suspense/thriller enthusiasts … -MIDWEST BOOK REVIEW