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Jack Swyteck #11
Black Horizon
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.
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.
480 pages, Unknown Binding
First published March 4, 2014
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James Grippando
48 books1,209 followers The first thing you should know about bestselling author James Grippando is that he is no longer clueless—or so they say, after “A James Grippando Novel” was a clue for #38 Across in the New York Times crossword puzzle. James is the winner of the Harper Lee Prize for legal fiction and a New York Times bestselling author with more than 30 novels to his credit, including the popular series featuring Miami criminal defense attorney Jack Swyteck. His latest, "Goodbye Girl" (HarperCollins 2024), is the 18th in the Swyteck series. His novels are enjoyed worldwide in 28 languages. As an adjunct professor he teaches "The Law & Lawyers in Modern Literature" at the University of Miami School of Law. He is also counsel at one of the nation’s leading law firms, where he specializes in entertainment and intellectual property law, representing clients who have won more than 40 Tony Awards. He writes in south Florida with Atlas at his side, a faithful golden retriever who has no idea he’s a dog.
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April 12, 2014
The theme could have been developed into a story of interest. Unfortunately Grippando let bland dialogue and poor character development sidetrack him from accomplishing his goal.
June 15, 2020
I have a few Jack Swyteck books, but not in series order. I am constantly surprised that in the books I have read he is either 1: In a new relationship, 2: grieving after the end of a relationship, or 3: newly engaged or married. How many wives or girlfriends has this guy had? Never mind, that’s my own conundrum. Anyway, in this book defense attorney Jack has just married Andie, an FBI agent. On the first day of their honeymoon in the Florida Keys a drilling rig in Cuban waters explodes sending a giant slick towards Florida. The rig is owned by a consortium from China, Russia, and Venezuela. Honeymoon over. Jack is asked to help a Cuban exile file a wrongful death suit because her husband died in the rig explosion. Andie, who has just learned she is pregnant, is called to an undercover operation. Jack wants to get his lawsuit firmly started before the massive property lawsuits and political wrangling begins. He is met by more than just a small resistance. Cuba doesn’t acknowledge the marriage between his client and the Cuban national on the rig. The United States desperately wants to pursue the terrorism angle because a major American defense contractor made the computerized security system on the rig, even though they used political clout to circumvent the embargo. If terrorism can be proved the liability limits will push Jack’s civil suit to a corner never to see the light of day. This book has a lot of moving parts. Jack and his best friend Theo go to Cuba to try to find a marriage license or other proof of his clients claim. They are kidnapped and a mysterious captor uses them to get the message to US authorities that he knows who caused the explosion and he wants $10 million. A Cuban friend of the client helps them, but then becomes a pawn in the kidnap ransom demand game of the mystery witness. Meanwhile Andie is undercover in an operation involving counterfeit Chinese goods. It seems unrelated, but eventually leads to the Cuban disaster. Fast paced, this is a quick read.
April 12, 2025
This is book #11 in the Jack Swyteck series and I think it was my least favorite so far. It was so over the top and not in a good way. Usually the author keeps that reigned in but it felt as if he got carried away. Suspending belief is usually not an issue from time to time but this was non-stop. Not really my thing, so 3 stars.
April 23, 2022
What you expect with a Swyteck book. Certainly not his best. I still say that he needs a good editor—his books are just too long. Maybe this will be my last in the series to read.
July 17, 2016
Typical Jack Swyteck.
I really like Jack and mostly like his sidekick, Theo, although Theo is a bit hard to swallow sometimes. I do NOT like Andie Henning. This novel begins with Jack and Andie getting married and then she's whisked off by the FBI before their honeymoon can start. And, she's pregnant. Even though she's all excited about furnishing a nursery, she's not about to allow this precious new life to derail her career.
The story involves an oil spill in Cuban waters which threatens the US. The plot is an interesting one, I guess, given the recent experience of the Deepwater Horizon disaster and the current political climate.
Not one of his best, but OK.
I really like Jack and mostly like his sidekick, Theo, although Theo is a bit hard to swallow sometimes. I do NOT like Andie Henning. This novel begins with Jack and Andie getting married and then she's whisked off by the FBI before their honeymoon can start. And, she's pregnant. Even though she's all excited about furnishing a nursery, she's not about to allow this precious new life to derail her career.
The story involves an oil spill in Cuban waters which threatens the US. The plot is an interesting one, I guess, given the recent experience of the Deepwater Horizon disaster and the current political climate.
Not one of his best, but OK.
July 17, 2019
The best I can say is the story held my attention throughout. All things considered, for me, it was just Okay. But according to the Goodreads rating system, OK is just 2 stars. And for a writer as talented as James Grippando, anything less than 3 stars just does not seem right. Beyond 3, would mean I "really liked it", and that would be a lie. Apart from Theo and Jack (how could anyone not like Jack?), I could not seem to develop anything more than some remotely positive feelings, certainly not for any of the female characters, and I couldn't seem to escape the feeling as the story progressed like I hope this ends soon, yet it continued to drag on. As for Theo, well for me he is to Jack kind of like Abbott is to Costello (do I have that backward?), you know, always the jokester, which is almost a trademark of Gippando's Jack Swyzack series novels. So, all things considered, I gave it 3 stars. One thing is certain, for Jack Swyzack fans you won't be disappointed. Or then again maybe some of you will.
October 20, 2025
It’s been a few years sent setting foot in the world of Swyteck, but Grippando’s wit and fast pacing abound once again. A complex case that at times gets lost in the alphabet soup of international authority, fans of the series won’t be disappointed in the personal development growth for Jack and company, or the top notch mystery that surrounds it.
May 23, 2017
I truly love the Jack Swyteck series. I think it's the settings and action that keeps me coming back. My favorite character is Jack and then Theo. These novels are page turners.
May 4, 2019
The problem I find with long running series is that they eventually reach a point where it's all regurgitated information. There was nothing exciting about this story whatsoever and a lot of it was too repetitive. And there was almost no development to the characters save for Andie's pregnancy.
June 26, 2014
Easily the most discouraging Swyteck thus far. In fact, I may be done with this limp character as I prefer more "good guy" machismo, fewer murders and less courtroom hijinks. 1 of 10 stars
May 29, 2017
Maybe James Grippando did not intend on writing a love story when he set out to author "Black Horizon." But that's what resulted.
Consider that revelation not a spoiler but a service to those who think they're embarking on a legal thriller when picking up this low-energy read.
Yes, there are some minor, almost procedural, courtroom scenes as the book's protagonist, Attorney Jack Swytec, prepares to take on Big Oil in a wrongful death lawsuit on behalf of Bianca, a tragically young, widowed Cuban American whose husband, yet to find a way to emigrate legally to the U.S., dies when the oil rig he works on goes down in stormy waters just south of the Florida Keys.
Add in some mild suspense, a few sprayed bullets and there are the makings of a solid, edgier "torn from the headlines" version of Deepwater Horizon, the BP rig that exploded off the Louisiana coast several years back.
Despite Grippando's hardly veiled effort to capitalize on that tragedy, he steers wrong about halfway into "Black Horizon," meandering the story between various power players both in the U.S. government and of foreign interests, with Jack, his ex-con buddy Theo, and his client, but mostly Jack and Theo, stuck between. The courtroom drama disappears midway through, as does Bianca for the most part, as well as Jack's father, who figured to be a political power player.
Jack's wife, Andie, who works undercover for the FBI, filters in, ending up embroiled on the opposite end of the same case, but hardly does her husband any favors, essentially running unwitting interference by sending field agents to "assist" Jack. Their interests, unsurprisingly, are diametrically opposed to Jack's.
Meanwhile, Andie loses a recently conceived child she had been carrying, but nary more than a chapter or two dwells on this. Instead, the author tries to reprise the love connection between Bianca and her late husband, Rafael, vis-à-vis the farfetched story of the sabotage and sinking of Rafael's oil rig, with the conspiracy therein attesting to Rafael's innocent intentions.
If a crime is committed out of love, is it not still a crime?
Perhaps that's the question Grippando wanted the reader to chew on, but his characters are anything but believable, thus degrading the profoundness of the book's outcome. For example, one has to suspend disbelief to buy that Rafael, who is professed to be really intelligent, had no knowledge his subversive actions to sabotage his oil rig would have devastating consequences and result in loss of life.
It seems Grippando was angling for Shakespearean tragedy here. Maybe next time he should stick to the courtroom and let the law sort the good from the bad.
Consider that revelation not a spoiler but a service to those who think they're embarking on a legal thriller when picking up this low-energy read.
Yes, there are some minor, almost procedural, courtroom scenes as the book's protagonist, Attorney Jack Swytec, prepares to take on Big Oil in a wrongful death lawsuit on behalf of Bianca, a tragically young, widowed Cuban American whose husband, yet to find a way to emigrate legally to the U.S., dies when the oil rig he works on goes down in stormy waters just south of the Florida Keys.
Add in some mild suspense, a few sprayed bullets and there are the makings of a solid, edgier "torn from the headlines" version of Deepwater Horizon, the BP rig that exploded off the Louisiana coast several years back.
Despite Grippando's hardly veiled effort to capitalize on that tragedy, he steers wrong about halfway into "Black Horizon," meandering the story between various power players both in the U.S. government and of foreign interests, with Jack, his ex-con buddy Theo, and his client, but mostly Jack and Theo, stuck between. The courtroom drama disappears midway through, as does Bianca for the most part, as well as Jack's father, who figured to be a political power player.
Jack's wife, Andie, who works undercover for the FBI, filters in, ending up embroiled on the opposite end of the same case, but hardly does her husband any favors, essentially running unwitting interference by sending field agents to "assist" Jack. Their interests, unsurprisingly, are diametrically opposed to Jack's.
Meanwhile, Andie loses a recently conceived child she had been carrying, but nary more than a chapter or two dwells on this. Instead, the author tries to reprise the love connection between Bianca and her late husband, Rafael, vis-à-vis the farfetched story of the sabotage and sinking of Rafael's oil rig, with the conspiracy therein attesting to Rafael's innocent intentions.
If a crime is committed out of love, is it not still a crime?
Perhaps that's the question Grippando wanted the reader to chew on, but his characters are anything but believable, thus degrading the profoundness of the book's outcome. For example, one has to suspend disbelief to buy that Rafael, who is professed to be really intelligent, had no knowledge his subversive actions to sabotage his oil rig would have devastating consequences and result in loss of life.
It seems Grippando was angling for Shakespearean tragedy here. Maybe next time he should stick to the courtroom and let the law sort the good from the bad.
August 6, 2017
Library Audible (To remind me of the sttory)
Author clearly rises many legal and US relations unresolved issues in his stories. This one covers US Cuban trade embargo, liabilitiy issues, deep sea drilling issues, polical intigue and the motications plus many other things of interest.
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 (immigrant from
Cuba) 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 was no "accident" at all. Personally feel sorry for the consortium partners as if it was real life I want want China, Cuba and the others to succeed.
In Black Horizon both a previous deep sea oil drilling disaster and the name the FBI uses for their undercover operation into investigating an ex Guantanamo Bay detainee now strongly suspected as the instigator of the computer safety program on the new deep sea oil rig disaster in Cuban waters that is a China / Venezuela/ Cuban 10% US content enterprise., Miami criminal defense attorney Jack Swyteck is drawn into the circle of the real criminals. Andi via the FBI is collecting evidence of ex Guantanamo Bay detainee involvement , who turns as as the confirmed instigator finally shot in Cuba by the FBI as he is after the hired help now turned blackmailers. The instigator is only on a personal revenge attack for his false imprisonment, the use of Cuban on the rig to sabotage the sadety program misleading him to it's effect. He only wanted to get to the US by been rescued and taken to Key West as the closest place to go on a rescue. Cubean reported Vivian and her US Floridian Rick are used as well in the cover up to put the blame on Rodriguez the husband. (Who was to blame in actually committing the crime No excuse really "not a love story" at all as love would not put others at risk in the truest sense, opinion) and tyry and make it look like he was alive. Jack's client no longer has a claim and will have to come to terms that her husband in desparation committed a terrible crime with no real excuse. His life long boxing woman friend is drawn in the action and is shot and killed as well. Very sad all round.
Author clearly rises many legal and US relations unresolved issues in his stories. This one covers US Cuban trade embargo, liabilitiy issues, deep sea drilling issues, polical intigue and the motications plus many other things of interest.
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 (immigrant from
Cuba) 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 was no "accident" at all. Personally feel sorry for the consortium partners as if it was real life I want want China, Cuba and the others to succeed.
In Black Horizon both a previous deep sea oil drilling disaster and the name the FBI uses for their undercover operation into investigating an ex Guantanamo Bay detainee now strongly suspected as the instigator of the computer safety program on the new deep sea oil rig disaster in Cuban waters that is a China / Venezuela/ Cuban 10% US content enterprise., Miami criminal defense attorney Jack Swyteck is drawn into the circle of the real criminals. Andi via the FBI is collecting evidence of ex Guantanamo Bay detainee involvement , who turns as as the confirmed instigator finally shot in Cuba by the FBI as he is after the hired help now turned blackmailers. The instigator is only on a personal revenge attack for his false imprisonment, the use of Cuban on the rig to sabotage the sadety program misleading him to it's effect. He only wanted to get to the US by been rescued and taken to Key West as the closest place to go on a rescue. Cubean reported Vivian and her US Floridian Rick are used as well in the cover up to put the blame on Rodriguez the husband. (Who was to blame in actually committing the crime No excuse really "not a love story" at all as love would not put others at risk in the truest sense, opinion) and tyry and make it look like he was alive. Jack's client no longer has a claim and will have to come to terms that her husband in desparation committed a terrible crime with no real excuse. His life long boxing woman friend is drawn in the action and is shot and killed as well. Very sad all round.
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April 12, 2020
Jack got married to Andie during a thunderstorm. Then go to the big plum island for their honeymoon. However, an explosion occurred on a deep sea oil rig at the Cuban basin caused an environmental disaster as black crude oil drifted towards Key West. In the midst of the disaster, Andie was called to do undercover duty by the Feds. This leave Jack and Theo to checkout the epicenter of the oil slick at Key West. There Jack was introduced to a friend of a friend of Theo named Rick who also happens to own a bar.
Bianca a waitress at Rick's bar approached Jack to represent her to sue the oil consortium that own the oil rig and the petroleum companies that does the drilling. What appears to be a straightforward wrongful death claim turn into a nightmare for Jack when the Feds got involved in the suit citing national security. From there Jack and Theo must go to Cuba and Bahamas as the complicated situation develops into a sabotage by environmental terrorists.
As the stake raises higher, bodies are found as Jack tries a final confrontation in Habana Central to confront the very issue at heart. Will he emerge victorious?
Bianca a waitress at Rick's bar approached Jack to represent her to sue the oil consortium that own the oil rig and the petroleum companies that does the drilling. What appears to be a straightforward wrongful death claim turn into a nightmare for Jack when the Feds got involved in the suit citing national security. From there Jack and Theo must go to Cuba and Bahamas as the complicated situation develops into a sabotage by environmental terrorists.
As the stake raises higher, bodies are found as Jack tries a final confrontation in Habana Central to confront the very issue at heart. Will he emerge victorious?
March 30, 2019
after the previous 2 books, this wasn't as violent or dark. whew!
I like Theo & he provided the humor in the story.
And this is the 1st one of his where i figured out some of it. Yeah me!
as usual, lots of twists.
This focuses on a lot of the legal aspects of the case. Even though I'm not a lawyer, I was able to follow along with the narrative. I was still interested.
This was also a story that was relative to today's news & was believable b/c of it. It deals w/an oil spill (ie. Exxon Valdez spill, Deep Water Horizon disaster) the twist was that it occurred in international waters w/international oil companies.
B/c i still don't like Andie, i didn't rate it higher. I felt bad for what happens to her in it & wondered why the writer even put that in the story. I think the way Andie 's cases as an undercover FBI agent always end up intersecting w/Jack's legal cases is too convenient.
I like Theo & he provided the humor in the story.
And this is the 1st one of his where i figured out some of it. Yeah me!
as usual, lots of twists.
This focuses on a lot of the legal aspects of the case. Even though I'm not a lawyer, I was able to follow along with the narrative. I was still interested.
This was also a story that was relative to today's news & was believable b/c of it. It deals w/an oil spill (ie. Exxon Valdez spill, Deep Water Horizon disaster) the twist was that it occurred in international waters w/international oil companies.
B/c i still don't like Andie, i didn't rate it higher. I felt bad for what happens to her in it & wondered why the writer even put that in the story. I think the way Andie 's cases as an undercover FBI agent always end up intersecting w/Jack's legal cases is too convenient.
June 3, 2022
#11 in the series, this was my first introduction to Miami attorney Jack Swyteck. Set in Florida, Jack finds himself in the middle of an international legal battle over a Cuban oil spill that is rapidly destroying the coast by the US is hamstrung to intervene because of the legal issues with Cuba. sets him on a deadly mission. Representing a young American / Cuban immigrant whose Cuban husband was killed on the rig, Jack finds himself immersed in a dark and dangerous intrigue when he discovers that his case may be also be connected to his new wife Andi's undercover assignment for the FBI. With a looming environmental catastrophe and political and gang related enemies, this is more a detective thriller than a courtroom drama, but certainly entertaining. A solid audio performance made it easy to differentiate between the main characters.
April 13, 2024
An explosion aboard the rig Scarborough 8, kills derrick worker Rafael Lopez and 15 other workers. Jack Swyteck and Andie Henning are on their honeymoon as the oil spill from the explosion is headed to Florida. Rafael’s widow, Bianca, has asked Jack to help her with a wrongful-death suit against the owners of Scarborough 8. Jack is then introduced to the fact that Bianca can’t have been legally married to Rafael at the time of his death because he was engaged to Josefina Fuentes, a boxer he’d known since his childhood in Havana. Jack and Theo Knight go on a trip to Cuba, then to the Bahamas, where Theo is framed for murder. With the FBI's help and the intertwining of his wife's undercover work the truth comes out.
August 5, 2024
I think this is my favorite Setback I've read. I LOVE this series. So well-written.
I appreciated that this one was a little "quieter" and less dark. It really felt like a love story in many ways.
If opens with Jack and Andie's wedding day. Sort of happening simultaneously is a Hurricane/Tropical Storm. When an oil rig blows up in Cuban waters, the story begins. Andie goes undercover for Operation Black Horizon and Jack takes the case of the widow of one of the casualties vs the international oil conglomerate.
This one really kept my attention, as much for the environmental aspect as the suspense.
I have now read more than half of the series, and not in order. My other favorite is "Twenty".
I appreciated that this one was a little "quieter" and less dark. It really felt like a love story in many ways.
If opens with Jack and Andie's wedding day. Sort of happening simultaneously is a Hurricane/Tropical Storm. When an oil rig blows up in Cuban waters, the story begins. Andie goes undercover for Operation Black Horizon and Jack takes the case of the widow of one of the casualties vs the international oil conglomerate.
This one really kept my attention, as much for the environmental aspect as the suspense.
I have now read more than half of the series, and not in order. My other favorite is "Twenty".
October 21, 2018
The 11th Swyteck book from Gripando was okay but to me was a little lacking in plot. Had the start of a great courtroom thriller with him representing a widow of a worker killed in an oil rig explosion but then got bogged down in national security issues with little courtroom action. Once again his case has to coincide with his now wife’s undercover role, something that was explained very poorly. This has happened in multiple books, I would much prefer he write an Andie undercover novel where maybe Swyteck makes a token appearance and then just have her appear as the wife in these books rather than constantly having there cases magically overlap.
August 24, 2019
I'm not really sure if this is fair of me to give this book only 2 stars, because I didn't even finish it and the main reason was because shortly into the book while on their honeymoon, Jack suspects Andie of having food poisoning. Here is what pissed me off....he suspected that it was from the grilled dolphin that she ate for dinner! Grilled dolphin? WHO EATS DOLPHINS???? Oh my god that is like eating your own pet for crying out loud. So ya, wasn't very happy about that. Come on Mr. Grippando, people should not be eating dolphins.
January 2, 2025
The series is proving to be interesting enough to keep me coming back. The craziest thing about this series is the fact that Jack is truly the least interesting character for me, yet, the series is about him primarily. I have completely gravitated to Theo and the ability for this character to completely shake up any event(s) Jack is involved in. This is not far from a 4 star series of books, and has more or less improved from the first book of the series to this book.
To the author... I hope you continue the great dialogue from Theo as I buckle down to continue my journey with Jack.
To the author... I hope you continue the great dialogue from Theo as I buckle down to continue my journey with Jack.
July 1, 2018
This is the eleventh book in the Jack Swyteck series and I am still hoping for a story as good as book one.
The opening was terrific: a major oil spill off the coast of Florida,(in Cuban Waters) just where Jack and Andie are vacationing on their Honeymoon (finally!) but after that...nada.
Yes, Jack gets a client and goes to court against Big Oil as well as the US government, but the plot was very far fetched and the big reveal at the end was rushed and somewhat disappointing.
The opening was terrific: a major oil spill off the coast of Florida,(in Cuban Waters) just where Jack and Andie are vacationing on their Honeymoon (finally!) but after that...nada.
Yes, Jack gets a client and goes to court against Big Oil as well as the US government, but the plot was very far fetched and the big reveal at the end was rushed and somewhat disappointing.
April 12, 2022
An oil rig in the Cuban waters explodes and a young man is presumed dead by his wife - a woman who left Cuba for the United States and hoped her husband would one day join her. Jack is on his honeymoon when the explosion happens and and the oil slick heads for Florida. When the widow asks Jack to find out if the explosion was just an accident or something sinister Jack begins an investigation that sends him to Cuba and multiple brushes with the law in both Cuba and the US.
June 19, 2025
This installment finds Jack traveling back to Cuba to help a young waitress collect on what appears to be a wrongful death of her husband on an oil rig. This is all complicated by US foreign policy, multi-international ownership of the rig, and National Security concerns, not to mention his wife is working on the case for the FBI. Some good tension, and some good dialog from Theo. Moves Andie and Jack's storyline forward.
September 23, 2019
Okay, that was better than his previous book! Maybe Grippando is on the every other book is a new formula track. Finally we got rid of the all-knowing bad guy who can literally do everything from tap cel phone to know where someone is going before they go there. Now all he has to do is jettison his trope of hostage taking and we're talking fresh stories in every book. He's one step closer!
January 8, 2020
Interesting Take on Deep Water Drilling and Danger
Like other Jack Swyteck novels O enjoyed the intricacies and interface among characters, especially Andie, Theo and Jack. Interface among law enforcement, legal profession and humor keep me interested as well as smiling. James makes it work.
Like other Jack Swyteck novels O enjoyed the intricacies and interface among characters, especially Andie, Theo and Jack. Interface among law enforcement, legal profession and humor keep me interested as well as smiling. James makes it work.
May 7, 2021
An oil rig in Cuban waters explodes and causes a huge oil slick heading toward the Florida Keys. Jack Swyteck, lawyer gets a case of a wrongful death of a worker on the rig but does not realize that how entrenched the US Justice department is in this case as well as what was behind the explosion. After kidnappings, murder, etc-he solves the case of what really happened.
July 17, 2023
What? How many lawyers have converted to being authors? Is there a shortage of people hating people? First, Grippando is no Grisham. No worry. There have been times when Grisham has not been Grisham. Second, this is a pretty good yarn, somewhat twisted and complicated, but decent writing and dialogue, entertaining. I liked Theo the Contrary.
August 21, 2023
This installment could be taken from todays headlines. Jack and Andi are on their honeymoon when tragedy stikes and off they go on separate missions to solve the unthinkable. Big Oil, Politics, International espionage and greed keep things moving quickly and Jack and Andi's cases merge.
Best part of this one is Theo. Love the guy and I plan on using his word.. sleft. LOL
Best part of this one is Theo. Love the guy and I plan on using his word.. sleft. LOL
March 30, 2019
audio book. Jack Swyteck is an attorney from Miami. This book takes place in Miami and Cuba. Interesting, fast moving story about an oil spill, a lawsuit, an abduction, and a few shady characters. Enjoyed trying to figure out who was the bad person before the author told me.
August 28, 2023
This #11 in the Miami criminal defense attorney Jack Swyteck series is another stunner! It centers around a horrific oil spill in the waters off southern Florida. The adversaries in this one are Big Oil, the Cuban government, and others! What a ride!
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