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Black Water Rising

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Black Water Rising was shortlisted for the Orange Prize and nominated for an Edgar Award, an NAACP Image Award, and a Los Angeles Times Book Prize. On a dark night, out on the Houston bayou to celebrate his wife's birthday, Jay Porter hears a scream. Saving a distressed woman from drowning, he opens a Pandora's Box. Not the lawyer he set out to be, Jay long ago made peace with his radical youth, tucked away his darkest sins and resolved to make a fresh start. His impulsive act out on the bayou is heroic, but it puts Jay in danger, ensnaring him in a murder investigation that could cost him is practice, his family and even his life. Before he can untangle the mystery that stretches to the highest reaches of corporate power, he must confront the demons of his past.

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Publisher
Profile Books
Year
2010
ISBN-13
9781847652645
Genre
Crime & ThrillerFiction
Topics
Murder investigationPolitical corruption and corporate powerReckoning with one's past

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