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Name: Black water rising
Rating: 4 (1 reviews)
Author: Attica Locke

Set in 1981 Houston, Texas, Black Water Rising follows Jay Porter, a beleaguered lawyer running his practice from a modest strip mall. After saving a woman from drowning on a bayou, he becomes tangled in a murder inquiry that exposes secrets of powerful Houston corporations and threatens his livelihood, family, and life. Porter’s journey from a troubled past—marked by guns, FBI files, and a ruined trial—to confronting corporate avarice and corruption underscores themes of redemption, prejudice, and the peril of legal practice in a law‑and‑order landscape fraught with illicit petroleum deals.

First publish date: 2009

Genre: Thriller/Legal Thriller

Authors: Attica Locke

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