Miami attorney Jack Swyteck takes on his most villainous adversaries yet as he investigates the circumstances surrounding a huge oil spill in Cuban waters
“Exciting [and] meticulously plotted. Blood Money offers an intriguing look at the media, vengeance seeking crusaders and our perception of criminal defendants and their attorneys.”
—Miami Herald

“Grippando has been at the top of the legal-thriller ladder for some time, and Blood Money will enhance his reputation and readership.”
—U.S. News & World Report

“James Grippando continues to deliver great legal suspense in his latest legal thriller Blood Money.”
—Associated Press

“Great . . . Grippando’s examination of corporate media and the power of the court of public opinion elevate Blood Money.”
—Huffington Post

It’s déjà 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 refuse assistance from the U.S., they also vow to fire on “hostile” American vessels that enter Cuban waters.

Enter Jack Swyteck, who’s honeymooning with his new wife Andie in the lower Keys. As an ominous black slick appears in the water, CIA agent Andie is called back to an undercover assignment. So Jack heads to Key West to see his buddy Theo Knight. There Jack is transformed from bystander to player in the unfolding oil catastrophe when he takes on a client whose husband was on the rig that blew up. She wants Jack to file a wrongful death in U.S. court. Taking on this unimaginably complicated case pitches Jack into a dangerous world, only to find that his case and Andie’s assignment may be lethally connected.