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NUMBER 1 BESTSELLER FROM EDGAR NOMINEE PAUL LEVINE "One part John Grisham, two parts Carl Hiaasen." - Tulsa World "A thriller as fast as the wind." - Tampa Tribune Jake Lassiter chases a beautiful woman and stolen bonds from Miami to Maui, where in an explosive finale, he learns lessons never taught on the football field or in the courtroom. If you enjoy John Grisham, Harlan Coben, Carl Hiaasen, and James Patterson, you'll love "Riptide" from Paul Levine, winner of the John D. MacDonald fiction award. Levine has also been nominated for the Edgar, Macavity, International Thriller, and James Thurber prizes. A former trial lawyer, he wrote more than 20 episodes of the CBS military drama "JAG." WHAT'S THE VERDICT ON THE JAKE LASSITER THRILLERS? "Genuinely clever, great fun." - New York Times Book Review "Mystery writing at its very, very best." - Larry King, USA TODAY "Just the remedy for those who can't get enough Spenser and miss Travis McGee terribly." - St. Petersburg Times "Jake Lassiter is attractive, funny, savvy, and brave." - Chicago Tribune "Cracking good action-mystery...funny, sardonic, and fast-paced." - Detroit Free Press MORE JAKE LASSITER THRILLERS TO SPEAK FOR THE DEAD: Jake begins to believe that his surgeon client is innocent of malpractice...but guilty of murder. NIGHT VISION: Someone is murdering women on an Internet sex chat site, and Jake becomes a special prosecutor to hunt down the serial killer. FALSE DAWN: After his client confesses to a murder he didn't commit, Jake follows a bloody trail from Miami to Havana to discover the truth. MORTAL SIN: Talk about conflicts of interest. Jake is sleeping with Gina Florio and defending her mob-connected husband in court. FOOL ME TWICE: To clear his name in a murder investigation, Jake follows a trail of evidence that leads from Miami to buried treasure in the abandoned silver mines of Aspen, Colorado. FLESH AND BONES: Jake falls for his beautiful client even though he doubts her story. She claims to have recovered "repressed memories" of abuse...just before gunning down her father. LASSITER: Jake retraces the steps of a model who went missing 18 years earlier...after his one-night stand with her. More info at paul-levine.com
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NEW: Jake Lassiter tackles high school football and becomes the most hated man in Miami in EARLY GRAVE, Paul Levine's new legal thriller. "An extraordinary hero stars in a legal tale as believable as it is riveting." - Kirkus Reviews "Levine scores with this complex and witty legal thriller. This winner works even for those new to the series." - Publishers Weekly (★starred review★) When his godson suffers a catastrophic injury in a high school football game, lawyer Jake Lassiter sues to abolish the sport and becomes Public Enemy Number One. The former NFL linebacker also battles CTE, the fatal brain disease caused by repetitive head injuries. His personal life, too, hits a rocky patch. He's in couple's therapy with fiancée Dr. Melissa Gold and vows to live long enough to fix his relationship and achieve justice for his godson. "Grounded in reality, EARLY GRAVE is a novel with heartfelt emotion, flashes of humor, and high-octane excitement." - Franco Harris, NFL Hall of Fame Running Back STILL GOING STRONG: CHEATER’S GAME is a stand-alone entry in the Jake Lassiter series. "Clever, funny and seriously on point when it comes to the inequities of society and the justice system, CHEATER'S GAME is top-notch stuff from Paul Levine. His Jake Lassiter is my kind of lawyer!" - Michael Connelly You may ORDER HERE. ALSO AVAILABLE: BUM DEAL. “Fascinating, fully developed characters and smart, well-paced dialogue keep the pages turning. Levine manipulates the expectations of the reader as skillfully as Jake manipulates the expectations of the jury” — Publishers Weekly (★starred review★) "Drop everything...Read it now...BUM DEAL is fantastic." - Lee Child “BUM DEAL is the real deal. A funny, compelling and canny courtroom thriller, seasoned with a little melancholy and a lot of inside knowledge.” — Scott Turow Defense lawyer Jake Lassiter switches teams and prosecutes a surgeon accused of killing his wife. There’s just one problem…or maybe three: no evidence, no witness, and no body. But Lassiter’s used to fighting impossible battles on the gridiron and in court. After all, he’s not totally burned-out—just a little scorched. BUM DEAL is a stand-alone entry in the Jake Lassiter series and available for ORDER HERE. Available now: BUM LUCK "Thirty seconds after the jury announced its verdict, I decided to kill my client." That's the opening line of BUM LUCK, which brings together Miami's offbeat lawyers Jake Lassiter, Steve Solomon and Victoria Lord. What's behind Lassiter's bizarre behavior. Solomon and Lord think that one-too-many concussions on the football field have left their pal with C.T.E., the fatal brain disease. Is it lights out for Lassiter? “The pages fly by and the laughs keep coming in this irresistible Florida romp. A delicious mix of thriller and comic crime novel.” – Booklist (★starred review★) The author of 23 novels, Paul Levine won the John D. MacDonald fiction award and was nominated for the Edgar, Macavity, International Thriller, and James Thurber awards. More information on Paul Levine’s
