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Black Water Rising

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Writing in the tradition of Dennis Lehane and Greg Iles, Attica Locke, a powerful new voice in American fiction, delivers a brilliant debut thriller that readers will not soon forget.

Jay 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 p...more

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Published June 9th 2009 by Harper

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Aug 19, 2009 Marie rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: african-american, fiction, mysteries, southern

Considering this is Locke's first novel, it is an excellent effort. She paints Houston in the early '80s as a greedy, oil-hungry place divided into rich and poor, black and white. Her main character has a tormented past that continues to follow him around, sometimes in his mind.

It's a novel of redemption and hope, in the end. It's a good solid story, but at times I found myself getting a bit bogged down in the details. It could have gripped me more and drawn me in deeper.

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Mar 03, 2012 Clif Hostetler rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: novel

This murder-mystery-thriller novel provides a portrayal of 1980s Houston, Texas through the eyes of a young African American lawyer who has a past history of involvement in the black power movement of the late 60s. It is one man's personal journey told through flashbacks of past experiences intermixed with the current story that occurs during the Reagan administration of the 1980s. The time may be post civil rights legislation, but racial feelings are still raw. From the perspective of the main...more

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Jan 25, 2013 Sarah rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: adult-afam, adult-aging, adult-literary, adult-men, adult-loss, adult-mystery, adult-self-identity, adult-political

The title of this book so perfectly captures the mood and atmosphere of this complex literary mystery. Librarian favorite Attica Locke evokes the hot, lazy tempo of the Bayou through rich description and layered dialogue, and turns up the heat with racially and fiscally charged tension. The time period can be a little challenging to fully grasp, with the story moving between the "present day" 80s, and jumping before and throughout the civil rights movement, but Locke weaves the protagonist's fic...more

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Jan 06, 2013 Doreen rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: kindle

Jay Porter, a struggling, young black lawyer in Houston, Texas, in 1981, rescues a white woman from a bayou after hearing gun shots and inadvertently becomes unwillingly drawn into a murder investigation and criminal conspiracy. In his youth Jay was a civil rights activist, but his mantra now is “This is not my fight . . . This ain’t my deal.” He was framed and almost convicted of conspiracy to commit murder, so “He knows firsthand the long, creative arm of Southern law enforcement” and is reluc...more Jay Porter, a struggling, young black lawyer in Houston, Texas, in 1981, rescues a white woman from a bayou after hearing gun shots and inadvertently becomes unwillingly drawn into a murder investigation and criminal conspiracy. In his youth Jay was a civil rights activist, but his mantra now is “This is not my fight . . . This ain’t my deal.” He was framed and almost convicted of conspiracy to commit murder, so “He knows firsthand the long, creative arm of Southern law enforcement” and is reluctant to be in any way involved with police. Unfortunately for Jay, small lies and deceptions become big mistakes which even prove to be dangerous.

This book includes many of the conventions of a typical thriller: a menacing stranger, a ransacked home, threats to his family (including his pregnant wife). What makes the book exceptional is character development, especially that of Jay. His past is detailed through numerous flashbacks which serve to explain how his mistrust of police was formed and shapes his present.

Jay is a dynamic character and that, for me is always a sign of better-quality fiction. At the beginning, Jay speaks of “His own racialized disposition, his sensitive, almost exquisite sense of the world as black and white,” but gradually he realizes that “it’s only your mind that can’t move out of the prison of its past.” He grows as a person and loses his paranoia and finds his voice again.

The book is really about corruption; on a personal level, people are put in positions where their morality is tested; on a business level, the ethics of organizations and corporations are similarly tested.

Most readers will probably identify the guilty party early on, although it takes Jay a while to figure things out. Jay’s past experience blinds him and in the end the reader comes to understand why he cannot see the obvious. In this regard, the epigraph is noteworthy: “If we are blinded by darkness, we are also blinded by light.”

This is an enjoyable read, an exceptional book considering it is the author’s debut novel.
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Jun 12, 2011 Jenny rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: read-in-2010

The New York Times was quoted as saying that the story was "akin" to those by George Pelecanos or Dennis Lehane. I haven't read books by either of those authors but have heard great things. What I do think of when I hear those names, however, are thrillers that are mature and have thorough storylines -- not just a simple whodunit.

I found that to be the case with Black Water Rising. It tells the story of Jay Porter and is set in 1981 Texas. He's an attorney barely scraping by. The book starts out...more The New York Times was quoted as saying that the story was "akin" to those by George Pelecanos or Dennis Lehane. I haven't read books by either of those authors but have heard great things. What I do think of when I hear those names, however, are thrillers that are mature and have thorough storylines -- not just a simple whodunit.

I found that to be the case with Black Water Rising. It tells the story of Jay Porter and is set in 1981 Texas. He's an attorney barely scraping by. The book starts out with him trying to do something special for his pregnant wife's birthday. During this nice effort, they are accosted by a situation they can't ignore but that leads to more of an involvement in the said situation than they would prefer and they can safely remain a part of.

Despite having his life and that of his wife's threatened, or maybe because of it, Jay sets out to track down the involved individuals and find out the truth about what's happening. Meanwhile, Jay's time is also being consumed in dealing with a labor union strike of the oil workers. His father-in-law, the reverend, put him up to representing one of the families of the strike because of his connections to the white female mayor, Cynthia Maddox. Juxtaposed with these storylines is the one of Jay's past which he shared with Cynthia. As a member of various "radical" groups such as the Black Panthers, Jay was once in the position of being criminally charged in relation to his involvement in these groups and activities. In fact, he can't even rule out that maybe his past has more to do with the current situation than he realizes.

As I said earlier, I found this debut to be thorough and full of plot points that made it a more mature mystery/thriller. The pacing was good -- there weren't thrilling cliff hangers at the end of the chapters like some books in the genre, but there were various moments like these throughout the book where something would be discovered and I'd want to know more. It took me a while to really understand what Jay's past had to do with everything in the current situation, but I still never questioned it because it was such an interesting facet to the book. There is very little I've read about the radical groups so I liked this look into it. The core mystery at the center of Black Water Rising is involved and more satisfying than a simple "who did it with what" type of mystery.

The story was written in present tense, which I didn't really care for (but that's just a personal preference). I didn't always notice it, but it bothered me when I did. But I did realize later that this may have been used for the purpose of separating its narrative from that of Jay's past which was written in past tense. Once I realized that it made more sense to me and didn't bother me as much.

This was a very well written and good debut. While it wasn't my absolute favorite, I did enjoy this read and think that others will too!

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Sep 17, 2010 Jlaurenmc rated it 5 of 5 stars

I read multiple books each week -- the last month or so being the exception, what with returning to teaching and making lesson plans and such. Most books are fairly good at doing their jobs -- they hold my attention, provide entertainment, make me think, educate me on new and interesting topics. Every once in a while, a book comes along and insinuates itself high above the rest.

Last week, Attica Locke's debut novel Black Water Rising became one such book, a step ahead of even the "good" books. I...more I read multiple books each week -- the last month or so being the exception, what with returning to teaching and making lesson plans and such. Most books are fairly good at doing their jobs -- they hold my attention, provide entertainment, make me think, educate me on new and interesting topics. Every once in a while, a book comes along and insinuates itself high above the rest.

Last week, Attica Locke's debut novel Black Water Rising became one such book, a step ahead of even the "good" books. It is an beautifully written novel in which every literary element works perfectly. I'm not sure I could do such a book justice with my usual review. Instead, I'll let the literary elements speak for themselves, as well as Locke's own words via quotes I jotted down from the book as I read:

* Plot: Lawyer Jay Porter and his pregnant wife embark upon a boat ride for her birthday celebration, only to stumble into the midst of a crime with far-reaching proportions. As Locke leads readers through the forward-moving action, she also flashes back to previous events of importance. Jay's past as a civil rights movement organizer and his preacher father-in-law's involvement with the local dockworkers' unions, combined with the crime from the book's beginning make for a fast-paced, high-interest plot. On her website, Locke recalls the events in her own life which inspired her to write Jay's story.
* Characters: Locke creates multi-layered characters who boast both positive and negative personality traits, causing them to fairly jump off the page. Never has a book been filled with more realistic, non-stereotypical characters. One of my favorites later in the book is Jay's wife Bernie; in the book's first few chapters, she comes across as naive or easily pliable, perhaps not very intelligent. Later in the book, the reader realizes that Locke carefully constructed this ruse in order to show depth in the character.
* Setting: Houston, Texas, 1981. As a reader, you can almost smell and see and taste Houston in the pages of Black Water Rising. Never has an author done such an exceptional job at painting a picture with descriptions of setting. The "underbelly" of the city, the bayou, the downtown monuments, the streets and neighborhoods of Houston -- all add to the novel's overall appeal.
* Writing Style: The only way to experience the writing style of this book is to read Locke's words. Here's a small taste of her writing, through some of my favorite quotes:

"King was dead by then, Malcolm and two Kennedys." (128)

"This is what his life has done to him" (144)

"They are each other's history, capable, with just a glance, of unlocking hidden truths." (225)

"He has not slept a solid night in days. Or is it years? He gets mixed up sometimes." (288)

"An hour later, the sight of his wife is breathtaking. . . . He can hear voices inside the house, the clinking of silverware and plates. He smells garlic and fried onions, stewed tomatoes and collards brewing on the stove. But he is in no hurry to leave this spot, this moment with his wife." (296-297)

According to her website, Attica Locke is now hard at work on her second novel. I, for one, will be waiting with bated breath for its release.(less)

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Apr 23, 2010 Stacey Peters rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: thrillers

There aren't very many African American mystery writers out there, so this novel was a welcome surprise. The author really did her research. The plot was well executed, with tidbits of historical relevance that helped set the stage. The main character, a tortured soul, complex and yet compelling, has checked out of life for the most part just going through the motions from one day to the next. Wake, work, wife, wake, work, wife. Shaky family foundations, married, but unable to trust his pregnant...more

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May 10, 2010 Jennifer rated it 4 of 5 stars

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In her thrilling debut novel Black Water Rising author Attica Locke takes the reader on a fast paced literary thrill-ride deep in Houston. Jay Porter is down, but not out, when he opens up a law practice in Houston, Texas and with few clinetns. He is working a case with a prostitute who claims she was injured in a car accident as well as promising his father-in-law Reverend Boykins that he would help the longshoremen working in the Ship Channel by speaking with the mayor about fai...more

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Feb 06, 2010 Edward Whitfill rated it 4 of 5 stars

Jay Porter knows he is "this close" to being in trouble. He can't rub two pennies together there is a baby on the way, and he really needs pull together a surprise of some kind for his wife's birthday. It truly becomes a night to remember when gun shots are heard, and then they pull a woman onto the boat they were taking an evening cruise on.

Attica Locke's debut novel, set in Houston at the beginning of the 80's, is a face paced mystery. Taking us through oil boom town trying to keep its boom go...more

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Jan 28, 2013 Gregg Matthews rated it 2 of 5 stars

I down loaded this e-book from Amazon.com to my Kindle Fire. The Author Attica Locke did an excellent job writing this e-book. This is a long deep story with a lot of moving parts. I was drawn into the story right away because of the time period 1980 and location of the story Huston Texas. The world was different in 1980 there was a lot of left over animosity and racial tensions from the 1960’s and 70’s. The Author definitely tapped into that.

Racial tension was introduced right away with the ma...more

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Jun 25, 2010 Aimee Dars rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I purchased this book at Tattered Cover Bookstore in Denver, when I dragged my colleagues on a $20 cab ride because I wanted to be sure to visit the iconic store during the AACSB Sustainability conference. I was looking for a literary mystery to read on the plane, and I had trepidation about this novel, but thought it was the best of those available.

Part of my hesitation came from the setting - did I really want to read a book about Houston, an oil-rich city in Texas, especially during the BP o...more

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Dec 12, 2010 Faye rated it 3 of 5 stars

I gave this book to a family member as a present on the basis of rave reviews and it recently made it's way back to me. I think this was a really interesting read but I was a little disappointed given what I'd heard about it. The descriptions of 1970's Texas were vivid and the greed and underlying racial tensions of the time were really well portrayed. However, I found it a difficult book to get into. I thought the characterisations were good, particularly of the protagonist, Jay, but I always f...more

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May 20, 2010 Staci rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: tlc-tour, 2010-reads

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This was a very solid debut book!!! I enjoyed reading this, as it brought to mind the reasons why I used to read Grisham's earlier works. Some have compared this author to Lehane and Turrow, but not having read either one I can only compare the author's writing to Grisham. I love the little guy versus the big bad corporations and corrupt politicians scenario. Another aspect that I enjoyed was the mini-history lesson on civil rights and the grittier, more violent side of the activists...more

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Jun 08, 2010 Jo at Jaffareadstoo rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Set in Houston, Texas during the racial tension of the early 1980’s, we are introduced to Jay Porter a struggling lawyer, who is forced to take second-rate cases in order to support himself, and his pregnant wife, Bernie. When Bernie’s birthday outing on a boat on the river goes wrong, Jay helps a drowning woman out of the river, and delivers her to the police. With this action Jay finds himself drawn into a world of racial politics, and civil unrest which will have far reaching repercussions.
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Jul 25, 2011 Larry Hoffer added it

It's 1981 in Houston, Texas. The country is in the throes of the oil crisis. Struggling lawyer Jay Porter and his pregnant wife are taking a nighttime boat ride in celebration of her birthday when Jay rescues a woman from drowning. She appears to have been assaulted, so he drops her off at the police station. And then Jay's troubles start, when after several days he learns a man was murdered that night and the prime suspect is the woman he rescued.

Of course, that's just the tip of the iceberg....more

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May 30, 2010 Maryan rated it 5 of 5 stars

What a fabulous debut for Attica Locke, who brings to life the 1970’s civil rights movement and black activism which carries the reader into the 1980’s with great depth and feeling. She has woven a legal thriller and historical mystery into a engaging narrative.

Jay Porter is a struggling lawyer with a pregnant wife and his only client a prostitute. He is trying to put the past behind him when a decade ago he was a civil rights activist, framed for murder and jailed. He does not want to be involv...more

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Nov 06, 2012 Tina rated it 3 of 5 stars

This book was more than just a thriller, it also was about the black civil rights movement and the greed of the American oil industry. It was based on a real event that happened to the author's father. It was very good for a debut novel, but the reason I've only given it 3 stars is because of the writing style. It was trying to fit a lot of issues into one novel, and at times it got a little bogged down in detail. Being British, I didn't understand a lot of the acronyms used, or some of the refe...more

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Oct 26, 2011 Sarah rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2011, bookgroup

What a terrible read. Have joined a new reading group and this was the library's offering. I really don't understand how it became shortlisted for the Orange Prize last year. Must've been a bad year.

I normally never feel inclined to give-up on a novel, but was sorely tempted to ditch this book.

The voice is clunky, she focuses on irrelevant incidences, for instance:

"she keeps an eye on the chicken thawing in the sink, and when she gets bored with that, she shuffles across the kitchen floor, tak...more

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Jul 30, 2009 Bookmarks Magazine rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: sept-oct-2009

"Black Water Rising is an engrossing, complex, and cinematic novel about ethics and convictions, race relations, and one man's personal journey. Mixing social commentary and crime, Locke tells a compelling story about Jay's uneasy fight for justice; a few critics noted that Locke does for Houston what Dennis Lehane does for working-class Boston. While most reviewers thought that the characters could well handle the numerous subplots and back stories, the New York Times and Washington Post disagr...more

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Jan 06, 2013 Lisa rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: have-and-have-read

I really enjoyed how this book was laced with actual history. I didn't fact check all of it but it centers around the time right after the civil rights movement. I had no idea that so many bad things happened during that time even though I learned about it just like everyone else. This book is everything we didn't learn. It's more than that though, its the story of Jay and his journey to uncover truths. Truths about himself and the people in his community. Namely, Cynthia the now-mayor and ex-lo...more

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Aug 08, 2011 Melise Gerber rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: thriller

I was pleasantly surprised by this novel, particularly when I found out that it was the first book by this author. Set in Houston, in the mid-70s during the oil crisis, it does a great job of evoking the political environment that was impacting that city at the time. In some ways, it is reminiscent of the movie Chinatown on that front.

I think maybe the author took on too many major plot points--although she handled them very well, and I never had trouble following what was happening, she brou...more

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May 31, 2010 Annie rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I did enjoy this one – really I did – and read it cover to cover in a day. The crime story thread had me hooked, and I enjoyed finding out more about the civil rights issues, the labour disputes, racism in the Southern States, the machinations of the oil companies (although a lot of the labour dispute’s twists and turns did pass me by a little). The main weakness for me was that the book tried to do too much, and without engaging the reader in its characters. Jay was quite well drawn, but the ex...more

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Mar 12, 2011 switterbug (Betsey) rated it 5 of 5 stars

In this adroit debut thriller, Attica Locke delivers the goods with an understated and assured confidence. The cadence, as well as the story, is brisk and balanced. She avoids the pitfalls of many debut authors, i.e. the prose is not self-conscious or cloying, and the story develops with a natural ease. Her sentences are a joy to read, as they are poised, with a sense of the poetic, and well scrubbed. This is a novel with political overtones and racial conflicts; however, Locke executes her narr...more In this adroit debut thriller, Attica Locke delivers the goods with an understated and assured confidence. The cadence, as well as the story, is brisk and balanced. She avoids the pitfalls of many debut authors, i.e. the prose is not self-conscious or cloying, and the story develops with a natural ease. Her sentences are a joy to read, as they are poised, with a sense of the poetic, and well scrubbed. This is a novel with political overtones and racial conflicts; however, Locke executes her narrative without pounding in the polemics or preaching to the choir. In this restrained and mostly character driven story, the corporate controversies develop with a refined intelligence, building with a controlled and subdued temperance. Moreover, Locke paints a keen portrait of Houston's Third Ward of 1981, a place where political activism in the African American community has declined since its days of Carl Hampton and the Black Panther activism of the 70's, as many black business owners and homeowners have moved to the suburbs.

Jay Porter is a young, thirtyish lawyer with a very pregnant wife, Bernie, living in the Third Ward and trying to pave a career. He has a tenebrous past that is revealed gradually within the arc of the story. At the beginning, we know he feels clouded and frustrated with how his career and life is unfolding, and there is a palpable tension between Jay and his wife. He tries, on her birthday, to surprise her with a boat ride on Buffalo Bayou in Houston. What stars off as a romantic quest turns into an uninvited adventure, as Jay saves a drowning woman and gets pulled into a quagmire of murder and dirty politics. Things get murkier as Bernie's father, a respected Reverend, beseeches Jay to get involved with the looming strike of the longshoreman dock workers. Although Jay was an activist for black power and equality in his college days, he does not want to get involved with this racially divided conflict. "This is not my fight," he murmurs over and over to himself. "This has nothing to do with me."

The thorny history of the Third and Fifth Wards, as well as Houston's power boom of the 70's and early 80's, informs Locke's superb story of human politics. She weaves Jay's past into the present with a lyrical control and economy of words, creating page-turning tension for the reader. This isn't about dead bodies piling up or gratuitous shoot-outs with larger-than-life characters. The characters in Locke's story are authentic, conflicted, and wholly believable. Jay's fight to provide for and protect his family and to forge a meaningful life are the gripping forces of this novel.

Locke skillfully blends the Houston climate and geography into the mood of the characters and the action of the story. The tone is pitch-perfect and the events progress with a measured intensity. Locke's gift for character and narrative kept me fastened to the novel from the arresting opening pages to its credible and transitional end. I eagerly look forward to her next novel. BLACK WATER RISING is distinctly open for a follow-up. (less)

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Apr 19, 2010 Myron Brown rated it 2 of 5 stars

I started reading this book but I could never get into it enough to complete it. Ultimately, I just did not care for the lead character. He was just there and since the book was completely from his point of view, I never got to know any of the other characters. There was never a sense that the characters of this story was anything but characters in the story. It felt like a plot driven book disguised as a character driven one. Stephen L. Carter does this type of storytelling much better. He's ab...more

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Jan 10, 2013 Mama Morrill4 rated it 5 of 5 stars

I discovered this book while visiting City Lights Books in San Francisco. I had never heard of it before, but there was a tag sitting on the shelf in front of this book with a review written from one of the employees of the store. It was intriguing. I walked away and looked at other books and found myself once again standing in front of "Black Water Rising" I am so glad I found myself there. This is the first novel written by Atiica Locke. The interesting thing about his name is that this story...more

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Sep 16, 2009 Anjali marked it as to-read

NPR says:

"To see how Houston has changed, you could board a boat on Houston's Buffalo Bayou with author Attica Locke. Her new crime novel, Black Water Rising, explores the racially divided Houston of 1981. The main character is a black man who witnessed a murder on the bayou, but can't bring himself to tell authorities because bitter experience has taught him not to trust white cops.

Locke's personal story suggests how the Houston power structure has changed since 1981: Her African-American fathe...more

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Dec 26, 2010 Lu rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: crime

What it did live up to was being an incredibly smart book that took me on an exciting journey. It was, for the most part, interesting and suspenseful. The plot follows a young lawyer, Jay, who one night, while out to dinner with his wife on the bayou, gets entangled in a brutal web that goes much deeper into Houston society than he ever thought possible. Pulled by his natural desire to do what is right, to help people, he gets sucked into this dangerous web out of which there really is no return...more

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Mar 10, 2013 Joy rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I found this book in the guest room while staying with a friend in El Paso and snagged it for the long plane ride home. I haven't read a mystery/thriller in a while so I thought this would be a nice change of pace.

It ended up greatly exceeding my expectations, not only by keeping me turning the pages to figure out how the government and big money oil-executives were involved in a bayou murder, but also by learning about the Texas black power movement in the 60s and 70s and the resulting race te...more

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May 23, 2010 drey rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: mystery-suspense-and-thriller

What do you do when you've given up on your American Dream, because there's no way to get there now, not after you've been betrayed and have a record? Well... You make do. Make as good a life as you can. Especially when you love your wife, and she's expecting a new addition to the family.

And that's exactly what Jay Porter does. Eking out a living as an attorney who's barely making ends meet, he has "connections" arrange for a nice boat ride on the bayou to celebrate his wife's birthday. Midway i...more

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Aug 05, 2009 Annmarie rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: book-club-appeal, thriller

A little confusing but overall a thoughtful read with thriller components. Set in 1981, the book features Jay Porter, a young-ish black lawyer who reluctantly rescues a white woman from drowning while he & his wife are on a creaky boat ride down the bayou in Houston. He's none too keen on getting involved, as there were shots fired and the woman has strangulation marks on her neck. He drops her off at the police station without going in, and hopes that his involvement ends there, but no such...more

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Born in Houston, Texas, Attica Locke has worked in both film and television for over ten years. She has written movie scripts for Paramount, Warner Bros., Disney, Twentieth Century Fox and most recently completed an adaptation of Stephen Carter's The Emperor of Pictures. She now lives in Los Angeles. Black Water Rising is her first novel.

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