Black Horizon Author: James Grippando | Language: English | ISBN:
B00DB30JGS | Format: PDF
Black Horizon Description
In Black Horizon, a riveting and timely thriller drawn from tomorrow's headlines, New York Times bestselling author James Grippando brings back popular Miami criminal defense attorney Jack Swyteck in an international case involving a devastating oil spill that pits him against his most villainous adversaries yet.
Three summers after the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe, oil is again spewing into the ocean—from a drilling explosion in Cuban waters sixty miles off the Florida Keys, creating a politically complex and volatile situation. Representing an American woman whose Cuban husband was killed on the rig, Jack finds himself in dangerous waters when he discovers that his incendiary case may be lethally connected to his new wife Andi's undercover assignment for the FBI . . . and that the looming environmental catastrophe may have been no "accident" at all.
- File Size: 657 KB
- Print Length: 386 pages
- Page Numbers Source ISBN: 006210988X
- Publisher: Harper (March 4, 2014)
- Sold by: HarperCollins Publishers
- Language: English
- ASIN: B00DB30JGS
- Text-to-Speech: Enabled
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- Lending: Not Enabled
- Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,899 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
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Grippando brings back Jack Swyteck his Miami based attorney, who in the book opening is marrying his longtime girlfriend Andie Henning. Andie is an undercover agent for the FBI and Jack has to accept the fact that much of what she does is confidential and he will not know about it. The two plan a honeymoon to Key West and settle in for days of romance and getting to know each other as man and wife. The getting to know includes the revelation that Andie is pregnant and expecting in about 8 months.
An unexpected glitch suddenly affects both Jack and Andie when an ocean going Cuban owned drilling rig explodes triggering an immense oil spill in the gulf of Mexico that wends it's way towards the Florida keys and up the coast from there. The rig is in Cuban waters and actually is a consortium between Cuba, Venezuela, China and Russia whose group prohibits the U.S. from bringing in equipment to contain the oil spill. The problem falls into both Jack and Andie's laps when the F.B.I. calls her back to work on what might be a terrorist plot to blow up the rig. At the same time Jack agrees to represent a girl whose fiance was on the rig working towards a solution to be allowed to leave Cuba and be with his sweetheart in the United States.
The author covers the activities of both Jack and Andie in their work on what could be the same problem. As always Grippando's knowledge of the intricacies of the law and his explanations of cause and effects in the action tied to these rules makes the action very real to the reader, and allows him to think of Jack as not superman, but a good, knowledgeable practitioner of the law. Andie's role in her portion of the events is in keeping with her image as a woman loving her job, doing it well, but aware of the dangers involved in working undercover. Grippando's books never cease to attract and keep his readers glued to the pages and anxiously awaiting the next novel from him
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James Grippando is one of my solid authors. I always look forward to reading his books, and I'm never disappointed. He's written 21, and I've read them all. Black Horizon, which comes out March 4, is the 11th in the Jack Swytek series. These are my favorite. Jack is a Miami attorney with an Hispanic grandmother, an ex-governor of Florida father, and a trusted sidekick (okay, I added the trusted part). His escapades always include murder, intrigue, legal action, and humor.
You know, we all read authors that are hit and miss. But we're pretty sure that every Harlan Coben, Greg Iles, Daniel Silva, and Richard North Patterson will be good. We'll like some more than others, but there won't be any we dislike. James Grippando, for me, is in this category. He is extremely consistent. Do you want a 3 out of 4 every time? With maybe a 2.5 or 3.5 thrown in for good measure? Grippando is your man. This one is a 3/4.
By Lloyd Russell - The Book Sage
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