{"product_id":"black-water-rising-a-gripping-1980s-legal-thriller-of-crime-corruption-and-racial-injustice-in-houston","title":"Black Water Rising: A Gripping 1980s Legal Thriller of Crime, Corruption, and Racial Injustice in Houston","description":"\u003cp\u003eAttica Locke—a writer and producer of FOX’s Empire—delivers an engrossing, complex, and cinematic thriller about crime and racial justice\u003cbr\u003e\nLos Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist (Mystery\/Thriller)\u003cbr\u003e\nEdgar Award Nominee (Best First Novel)\u003cbr\u003e\nThe Orange Prize for Fiction (Shortlist)\u003cbr\u003e\nJay Porter is hardly the lawyer he set out to be. His most promising client is a low-rent call girl, and he runs his fledgling law practice out of a dingy strip mall. But he’s long since made peace with his path to the American Dream, carefully tucking away his darkest sins: the guns, the FBI file, the trial that nearly destroyed him.\u003cbr\u003e\nHouston, Texas, 1981. It’s here that Jay believes he can make a fresh start. That is, until the night he impulsively saves a drowning woman’s life – and opens a Pandora’s Box. Her secrets put Jay in danger, ensnaring him in a murder investigation that could cost him his practice, his family, and even his life. But before he can get to the bottom of a tangled mystery that reaches into the upper echelons of Houston’s corporate powerbrokers, Jay must confront the demons of his past.\u003cbr\u003e\n“A near-perfect balance of trenchant social commentary, rich characterizations, and action-oriented plot.... Attica Locke [is] a writer wise beyond her years.”?— Los Angeles Times\u003cbr\u003e\n“Atmospheric… deeply nuanced... akin to George Pelecanos or Dennis Lehane.... Subtle and compelling.”?— New York Times, ISBN13:9780061735868 ISBN10:0061735868 Material Type:hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Used Book Depot","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46344869019811,"sku":"A-STR_09-30-25_UBD_H0001FU8","price":13.82,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0607\/9227\/5107\/files\/611g4hvA6cL.jpg?v=1759993329","url":"https:\/\/usedbookdepot.com\/products\/black-water-rising-a-gripping-1980s-legal-thriller-of-crime-corruption-and-racial-injustice-in-houston","provider":"Used Book Depot","version":"1.0","type":"link"}