Believing himself settled into a quiet life, lawyer Jack Swyteck is horrified when a former client turns up dead, placing Jack under suspicion and forcing him to find the real killer before he becomes the next victim.

When the body of Jamal Cousin, president of the pre-eminent black fraternity at the Florida's flagship university, is discovered hogtied in the Stygian water swamps of the Suwanee River Valley, the death sets off a firestorm that threatens to rage out of control when a fellow student, Mark Towson, the president of a prominent white fraternity, is accused of the crime. Contending with rising political tensions, racial unrest, and a sensational media,...

"It's deja vu, with a big twist. Three summers after the biggest man-made environmental disaster in history, millions of gallons of oil are again spewing from a hole in the ocean floor. But this rig explosion was in Cuban waters, just 50 miles away from Florida, and the situation is complex. The consortium doing the work is state-owned Venezuelan, Chinese and Russian, controlled by a mineral lease from the Cuban government. And the Cubans not only...

Miami defense attorney Jack Swyteck handles a case that starts with the murder of an officer at the U.S. Naval base on Guantanamo Bay and the arrest of his wife for the crime, and concludes with a shocking surprise that will change Jack's life.

Miami criminal defense attorney Jack Swyteck knows something strange is going on when his client Falcon, a homeless man jailed for threatening to jump off a bridge, posts a ten thousand dollar cash bail,and the situation quickly deteriorates when a dead body is found in the trunk of the car Falcon calls home, pushing the deranged man--who is having flashbacks of torture cells in Argentina--into grabbing some hostages and holing up in a local motel....

"Every week, a hundred million dollars in cash arrives at Miami International Airport, shipped by German banks to the Federal Reserve. A select group of trusted workers moves the bags through Customs and loads them into armored trucks. Ruban Betancourt has always played by the rules. But the bank taking his house and his restaurant business going bust has driven him over the edge. He and his wife deserve more than life has handed them, and he's come...