Books by Paul Levine

#1 BESTSELLING CRIME THRILLEROn the loose: an Internet stalker turned serial killer...Jake Lassiter follows clues from Miami to London...And gets framed for murder himself."Catch me if you can." The message on the bathroom mirror evokes Jack the Ripper. But the dead woman''s computer points to a modern website where women spend solitary nights in steamy talk with lovelorn trolls, sometimes arranging real rendezvous that can lead to anything...even murder."Breathlessly exciting." - Cleveland Plain Dealer"Paul Levine is one of Florida''s great writers, and Jake Lassiter is his greatest creation." - Dave Barry"Terrific. Levine, like Scott Turow and John Grisham before him, has created a really fun piece of fiction." - Miami Daily Review

FIRST OF THE AWARD-WINNING JAKE LASSITER SERIESA doctor in love with his patient''s wife...A fatal mistake during surgery...Accident? Malpractice? Or murder?Defending a surgeon in a malpractice case, Jake Lassiter begins to suspect that his client is innocent of negligence...but guilty of murder. Add a sexy widow, a deadly drug, and a grave robbery to the stew, and you have Miami''s trial of the century."Cracking good action mystery...funny, sardonic and fast-paced." - Detroit Free Press"A fast, wry and thoroughly engrossing thriller. Master storytelling." - Carl Hiaasen"Courtroom drama at its very best." - USA Today

A mysterious bar-girl goes missing from a South Beach club...A Russian gangster is shot dead...And Steve Solomon holds the smoking gun.Can Lassiter get Solomon off the hook?BUM RAP brings together Jake Lassiter with squabbling Miami lawyers Steve Solomon and Victoria Lord. In a tale filled with twists and turns, Lassiter digs deep into the underbelly of glitzy South Beach to defend a client who's not telling him the truth."The pages fly by and the laughs keep coming in this irresistible South Florida romp. A delicious mix of thriller and comic crime novel." - Booklist (starred review)Who reads the Lassiter series? Fans of John Grisham, Harlan Coben, Sue Grafton, Scott Pratt, Carl Hiaasen, and Lisa Scottoline love the crackling courtroom drama, breathtaking suspense, intimate personal stories, and wicked humor, too.All the Jake Lassiter books are stand-alones that may be enjoyed in any order.

"Thirty seconds after the jury announced its verdict, I decided to kill my client."That's Jake Lassiter whose client just beat a murder rap. Will Lassiter let him live long enough to enjoy it?  Or will the lawyer really turn vigilante?Lassiter believes that NFL superstar Thunder Thurston, murdered his wife. But the jury said "not guilty." A lawyer is supposed to let it go. Not Lassiter.The ex-linebacker suffers from crushing headaches and a failing memory. His pals, squabbling law partners Steve Solomon and Victoria Lord, fear that all those concussions playing football caused the brain damage known as CTE. They try to help, but Lassiter resists.Can Solomon and Lord prevent Lassiter from becoming a murderer?Will Dr. Melissa Gold, a neuropathologist, be able to halt his decline?Or...is it game over for Lassiter's career and life?

AN IMPOSSIBLE CASE? CALL JAKE LASSITERNo witness? No evidence? No body?Big problem for new prosecutor Jake LassiterAppointed to prosecute a high-profile murder case, the linebacker-turned-lawyer vows to take down a prominent surgeon accused of killing his wife. Problem is...there's not a scrap of forensic evidence, and the defense lawyers are the crafty team of Steve Solomon and Victoria Lord.Not only that, Lassiter's symptoms of CTE are threatening to cut short his career and disable him. Melissa Gold, his doctor and lover, performs experimental treatments intended to halt the advance of the incurable brain disease.Drained of his mental edge just when he needs it most, Lassiter faces the possibility of losing the case--and his life--in court."BUM DEAL is the real deal. Jake Lassiter at his smart-talking, fast-thinking best. A funny, compelling and canny courtroom thriller." --Scott Turow, #1 New York Times bestselling author 

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