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    Blackwater Sound
    Blackwater Sound
    Blackwater Sound
    Audiobook10 hours

    Blackwater Sound

    Written by James W. Hall

    Narrated by Dick Hill

    3.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    The Braswell family had everything people would kill for: money, looks, power. But their eldest son, the family's shining light, died in a bizarre fishing accident. And when he disappeared—hauled into the depths by the giant marlin he had been fighting—he took with him a secret so corrupt that it could destroy the Braswells.

    Ten years later, a huge airliner crashes in the steamy shallows off the Florida coast, killing all aboard. Helping pull bodies from the water, Thorn finds himself drawn into a bizarre conspiracy: someone has developed a high tech weapon capable of destroying electrical systems in a powerful flash. The terrorist potential is huge. How are the secretive Braswells and their family-owned company, MicroDyne, involved? And what does it have to do with the family's obsessive hunt for the great marlin that killed their golden boy?

    With the Braswells, James W. Hall introduces one of the most evil and dysfunctional families in the history of fiction. And, along with Thorn, he brings back favorite characters from his earlier books, including Alexandra Rafferty and her father, Lawton Collins, a retired and increasingly dotty former police investigator whose methods of investigation result in his kidnapping. A story that bristles with all the heat and tension of a tropical Florida summer, Blackwater Sound is destined to rank among the greatest suspense thrillers of the new decade.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrilliance Audio
    Release dateMay 16, 2017
    ISBN9781543610819
    Blackwater Sound
    Author

    James W. Hall

    A winner of the Edgar and Shamus awards, James W. Hall is the author of twenty novels, including The Big Finish, the latest in the Thorn Mysteries, as well as four books of poetry, two short story collections, and two works of nonfiction. Born in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, Hall holds a BA from Florida Presbyterian College, an MA from Johns Hopkins, and a PhD in literature from the University of Utah. He divides his time between North Carolina and Florida.

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    • 1/5
      A plot made up of ridiculous decisions and implausible connections. I tried this one after enjoying Magic City, but I mostly hated this book.
    • 3/5
      This is my first book by this author. He's a good writer but I might not finish the book. I'm currently in search of good thriller writers I have run out of John D. McDonald and Lee Child books. I've read good things about James W. Hall and his Thorn series. I'm not impressed by this book. Reads like and old James Bond novel. I'm sure Dr. Evil will appear in a later chapter. For Florida based thrillers I've discovered authors Randy Wayne White, and Les Standiford.
    • 5/5
      Loved this installment in the Thorn series and when I passed it along to the bartender at Nippers on Guana Cay, she gave me a couple free drinks! No library on the island and they love James W. Hall books!
    • 4/5
      Well written thriller about a secret weapon set in an evocative Florida.