Black Horizon

By: James Grippando

Narrated by: Jonathan Davis

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.

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Would you try another book from James Grippando and/or Jonathan Davis?

No from author, YES from Jonathan Davis, who reads Sandra Brown's Mean Streak. WOW, so I went looking for more mysteries read by him. This author is not for me...12 hrs is a long time to tell a story/mystery. This author's dialogue/material is too slow for me. I had to come back to this story 3 times to finish. I kept hoping it would pick up a faster pace. If you are a fan of this author, then this was a good listen. Hero, Jack and his trusted side kick, Theo have each other's back. I should have figured out the villain, but I had to muck through the unnecessary dialogue and was not glued to the plot clues until 5 mins before it was reveled.

Would you recommend Black Horizon to your friends? Why or why not?

This is not my genre. I am a core romance listener and purchased this book due to the reader who did a fab job of reading this book. J.D. narration did bring me back to finishing this book. I have downloaded Phillip Margolin's story, After Dark and it blew me away.

Which scene was your favorite?

the characters have so much potential and author does have them try to connect with listeners, but it just does not make it for me in 12 hrs!

Do you think Black Horizon needs a follow-up book? Why or why not?

author needs to edit material and add more twist and turns or whatever picks up the pace. This read like a romance mystery.

Grippando does it again!

Great book love the Swytek Series it always keeps you reading/listening to see what is going to happen next!

Excellent legal thriller; almost 5 stars

James Grippando has been writing legal thrillers for more tan 20 years, yet this in only the second of his audiobooks I have listened to. The other one was Informant which rated 5 stars. Black Horizon is almost as good. It is Book 11 in the Jack Swyteck series. Swyteck is a lawyer newly married to an FBI agent, and he is also the son of the governor of Florida. Narration is by Jonathan Davis and it is superb. I definitely recommend Black Horizon.