{"product_id":"dark-water-david-chisholm-9798278515029","title":"Dark Water: A Public Trust Legal Thriller","description":"\u003cb\u003eA storm at sea. A frame job on land. A heist that could sink them all.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Gulf Coast is a place of neon lights, salt spray, and dark water. It's also where the law tends to drift out with the tide.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHarlin Banks\u003c\/b\u003e hates boats. As a Public Defender from the landlocked capital, he prefers his ground solid and his coffee hot. But when a desperate law student begs him to save her father, Harlin heads south to Biloxi, where the only thing deeper than the water is the corruption.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBao Tran\u003c\/b\u003e is a shrimper who has fished the Gulf for thirty years. He's honest, hardworking, and standing in the way of a massive casino expansion. When the Coast Guard raids his boat during a storm and finds forty kilos of cocaine in his bait locker, the message is clear: \u003ci\u003eSell your land, or die in prison.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Feds call it an open-and-shut case. Harlin calls it a eviction notice with handcuffs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo prove Bao was framed, Harlin and his team-\u003cb\u003eSam Rourke\u003c\/b\u003e, the investigator who can spot a lie from a mile away, and \u003cb\u003eRosco Wheeler\u003c\/b\u003e, a con man who knows exactly how to cheat a casino-must dive into a world of high-stakes gambling, dirty cops, and maritime law.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut when the evidence points to a conspiracy that goes all the way to the top of the \u003cb\u003eAzure Horizon Casino\u003c\/b\u003e, Harlin realizes he can't win this case in a courtroom. He has to win it on the water.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo save an innocent man, they'll have to pull off the craziest heist of their lives: stealing a federal evidence boat, outrunning the Coast Guard, and catching a killer before the storm swallows the truth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDon't worry about the mule, just load the wagon.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Public Trust is going off the deep end. And this time, they might not come up for air.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Ocean's Eleven meets A Time to Kill. \u003ci\u003eDark Water\u003c\/i\u003e is a high-octane legal thriller that proves justice is worth fighting for, even when the odds are underwater.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Chisholm\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798278515029\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/12\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 132\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.31d","brand":"David Chisholm","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49171220693247,"sku":"9798278515029","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/dark-water-david-chisholm-9798278515029","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}