Black Horizon: Library Edition (Jack Swyteck)

Grippando, James

3.77

1,956 ratings by Goodreads

9781482992205: Black Horizon: Library Edition (Jack Swyteck)

ISBN 10: 1482992205 ISBN 13: 9781482992205

Publisher: Blackstone Pub, 2014

When their honeymoon is cut short by a drilling explosion in Cuban waters, which calls them both back to work, Jack Swyteck, an attorney, represents a client whose husband was on the rig, while his wife, an FBI operative, goes deep undercover, until bothof their assignments dangerously intersect.

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Review:

“Fantastic...Finely crafted dialogue and a realistic yet nuanced hero make this thriller a standout.” (Publishers Weekly (starred review) on BLACK HORIZON)

“With a story that’s ripped from the recent headlines (remember the 2010 BP oil spill?), this is a solid legal thriller that should appeal to the author’s fans.” (Booklist on BLACK HORIZON)

“James Grippando is a master of the legal thriller.” (Robert K. Massie, New York Times bestselling author)

A briskly paced thriller...The complex plot points combined with the breezy narrative--not to mention the Florida Keys setting--make for a solid beach read that will no doubt leave longtime fans looking forward adventures of Jack Swyteck.” (Houston Chronicle on Black Horizon)

From the Back Cover:

Three summers after the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe--the biggest man-made environmental disaster in history--oil is again spewing into the ocean, from a drilling explosion in Cuban waters just fifty miles away from the Florida Keys. The situation is politically complex, involving a state-run consortium tied to the Venezuelan, Chinese, and Russian governments, and highly -volatile. The Cubans not only refuse offers of American -assistance, but threaten to fire on "hostile" U.S. vessels that enter their waters.

Attorney Jack Swyteck and his new wife, Andie, an operative for the CIA, are honeymooning in the Keys when Andie is called away on an undercover assignment. Jack, too, is soon back at work--representing a client whose husband was on the rig. Though the spill occurred in foreign territory, the widow wants Jack to file a wrongful death suit in a U.S. court. Pursuing the unimaginably complicated case plunges Jack into a dangerous world filled with treacherous twists that lead him to a shocking realization . . . his case and Andie's assignment may be lethally connected.

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