Carl Hiaasen, Editor, Paul Levine, Author, James W. Hall, With Putnam Publishing Group $22.95 (201p) ISBN 978-0-399-14192-8
In late 1995, this highly entertaining mystery novel was serialized for 13 weeks in the Miami Herald's Tropic magazine. Each chapter is written by an author with South Florida connectionsDin order, Dave Barry, Les Standiford, Paul Levine, Edna...
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Paul Levine, Author . Bantam $5.99 (546p) ISBN 978-0-440-24273-4
Former attorney and reporter Levine delivers a funny, fast-paced legal thriller, his first since 1998's 9 Scorpions
. Circumstances conspire to force two Florida lawyers with opposing personalities—by-the-book Victoria Lord and anything-goe
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Paul Levine, Author . Bantam $6.99 (467p) ISBN 978-0-440-24274-1
Levine's second light legal thriller to feature by-the-book Florida attorney Victoria Lord and her partner/lover, bypass-the-book Steve Solomon, isn't quite up to the level of its predecessor, Solomon vs. Lord
(2005), but it's still a...
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Paul Levine, Author . Bantam $6.99 (352p) ISBN 978-0-440-24275-8
This clever, colorful thriller from former attorney Levine (The Deep-Blue Alibi
, etc.) focuses as much on the age-old conflict between Mars and Venus as on delivering legal wisecracks and page-turning suspense. Miami defense attorney Steve Solomon...
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Paul Levine, Author . Bantam $6.99 (267p) ISBN 978-0-440-24276-5
The fourth Solomon vs. Lord novel finds the two romantically entwined attorneys-at-law unwittingly taking opposing sides of an ecoterrorism case. After heroically thwarting the theft of two prized dolphins from a wildlife park, Steve Solomon finds...
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Paul Levine, Author Bantam Books $17.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-553-05747-8
Attorney Levine's lively fiction debut introduces Jake Lassiter, ex-jock turned Miami trial lawyer. Jake defends Dr. Roger Salisbury in a civil malpractice suit brought by gorgeous young Melanie Corrigan, widow of wealthy developer Philip Corrigan....
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Paul Levine, Author Bantam Books $20 (0p) ISBN 978-0-553-07796-4
In contrast to his taut, punchy first novel, To Speak for the Dead , Levine's second is characterized by excess--an outlandish plot, too many characters and too many soggy wisecracks. But the blistering running commentary of hero-lawyer Jake...
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Paul Levine, Author William Morrow & Company $22 (350p) ISBN 978-0-688-12718-3
Miami lawyer Jake Lassiter (Mortal Sin), former football pro, is bothered that his job is generally ``to excuse, to deny, and to obfuscate.'' When an octogenarian millionaire pal is robbed of nearly two million dollars' worth of bearer-bond coupons,
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Paul Levine, Author Bantam Books $21.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-553-08995-0
Levine's third novel starring lawyer and ex-Miami Dolphin Jake Lassiter (after To Speak for the Dead ) mixes an international conspiracy stew out of a huge list of ingredients that includes Cuban socialists, Cuban exiles, Japanese art smugglers,...
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Paul Levine, Author William Morrow & Company $20 (304p) ISBN 978-0-688-12717-6
Lawyer Jake Lassiter has a rather flexible set of personal ethics. This fourth appearance (after False Dawn ) opens with him in bed with the wife of a client and under threat of disciplinary action by the Florida Bar Association for actions in an...
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Paul Levine, Author Avon Books $5.5 (0p) ISBN 978-0-380-72161-0
This fourth Jake Lassiter novel depicts the former football star investigating a Miami real estate racket. (Jan.)
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Paul Levine, Author Avon Books $5.99 (0p) ISBN 978-0-380-72162-7
This continues Levine's Lassiter series about the linebacker-turned-trial-attorney, now investigating the connections between a multimillion-dollar theft, a drug smuggling ring and a murder. (Dec.)
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Paul Levine, Author William Morrow & Company $23 (336p) ISBN 978-0-688-14305-3
A wry line of patter, the obligatory Floridian environmental concerns and a drop-dead gorgeous blonde in a short black dress, high heels and lots of trouble add up to another winner in the refreshingly unpretentious Jake Lassiter series (Fool Me...
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Paul Levine, Author William Morrow & Company $22 (0p) ISBN 978-0-688-14304-6
Linebacker-turned-lawyer Jake Lassiter is back (after Slashback) in a case that threatens to end his career, if not his life. Successfully defending con man Louis ""Blinky"" Baroso against fraud charges earns the Miami attorney 100 shares of Rocky...
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Paul Levine, Author Atria Books $23 (384p) ISBN 978-0-671-01939-6
Levine, forsaking hero-attorney Jake Lassiter, who has anchored several of his legal thrillers (Flesh & Bones, 1997, etc.), seems hopelessly at sea in this watery melodrama about an attempt to rig a Supreme Court decision. It won't take readers long
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Paul Levine. Bantam, $25 (304p) ISBN 978-0-553-80674-8
In Levine's engaging eighth legal thriller featuring Florida attorney Jake Lassiter (after Flesh and Bones), Lassiter is distressed to hear from insurance investigator Amy Larkin that he was the last person to see her younger sister, Krista, alive...
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Paul Levine, Author . Bantam $22 (384p) ISBN 978-0-553-80673-1
At the start of Levine’s entertaining if somewhat formulaic crime thriller, Jimmy “Royal” Payne, a Los Angeles trial lawyer whose marriage and career have collapsed since his 10-year-old son died in a car crash a year earlier, is...
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Paul Levine. Amazon/Thomas & Mercer, $15.95 trade paper (350p) ISBN 978-1-4778-2986-8
Levine successfully combines series heroes Jake Lassiter (State vs. Lassiter) and Steve Solomon and Victoria Lord (Solomon vs. Lord) in a single convoluted case that showcases the three Miami, Fla., attorneys’ very different styles and strengths....
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Paul Levine. Thomas & Mercer, $15.95 trade paper (336p) ISBN 978-1-5039-5171-6
Edgar-finalist Levine’s superior 13th entry in his Jake Lassiter series (after 2015’s Bum Luck) finds 50-year-old Jake, a former football player turned lawyer, suffering from the early symptoms of CTE, a neurodegenerative disease found in people who
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Paul Levine. Herald Square, $15.99 trade paper (426p) ISBN 978-1-7342510-0-5
The recent college admissions scandal provides the spark for Edgar finalist Levine’s clever 14th legal thriller featuring attorney Jake Lassiter (after 2018’s Bum Deal). Jake is relieved to learn that his 20-year-old nephew, Kip, has survived being...
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Paul Levine. Herald Square, $16.95 trade paper (364p) ISBN 978-1-7345056-9-6
Levine scores with this witty and complex legal thriller, the 15th featuring Miami Dolphins linebacker-turned-attorney Jake Lassiter (after 2020’s Cheater’s Game). Lassiter’s fiancée, Melissa Gold, the neuropathologist treating Lassiter for symptoms
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