An aging musician claims a famous hip-hop artist stole his tune…
But down-on-his luck Cadillac Johnson has no proof and little hope…
Until he hires the ex-linebacker to break down the courthouse door.
In this prequel to the series, Jake Lassiter gets fired from his law firm, dumped by his girlfriend, and charged with ethical violations by the Florida Bar…as he fights for justice in his own hard-headed way.
“I was sitting at the end of the bar sipping single-malt Scotch when I spotted the tall blond woman with the large green eyes and the small gray gun.”
The next thing Jake Lassiter knows, the woman pumps three bullets into the man on the next barstool. Lassiter, the linebacker-turned-lawyer, has a new client. She’s a stunning South Beach model; the dead man is her wealthy father; and the murder case is a slam dunk for the prosecution. Or is it?
“Lassiter is smart, tough, funny, and very human…one of the most entertaining series characters in contemporary crime fiction.” – Booklist
Jake Lassiter is crazy about the new woman in his life…
His law practice is booming…
His delinquent nephew is getting A’s in school.
Then Jake is charged with murder.
It’s supposed to be a romantic weekend at the Fontainebleau for Jake and Pamela Baylins. Then they quarrel, and Pamela–who’s Jake’s banker as well as lover–accuses him of stealing from clients. Hours later, she’s found strangled. With all the evidence pointing to Jake, it will take an explosive murder trial to reveal the truth.
“So entertaining and so deftly plotted that you will want to read more of Lassiter’s adventures even before you are through.” – Bookreporter.com
An Internet stalker turned serial killer…
Jake Lassiter follows clues from Miami to London…
And gets framed for murder himself.
The murder of one of the computer dating service Compu-Mate’s clients sends Miami trial lawyer Jake Lassiter and retired coroner Dr. Charlie Riggs on the trail of a killer that leads them to a London insane asylum.
“Paul Levine is one of Florida’s great writers, and Jake Lassiter is his greatest creation.” – Dave Barry
Last seen in 1997s Flesh and Bones, Jake Lassiter is a hero unlike any other in the courtroom. Booklist called him one of the most entertaining series characters in contemporary crime fiction. The former Miami Dolphin is still swimming with sharks in his latest, boldest novel of suspense yet. Amy Larkin is in town, looking for her sister Krista, who vanished without a trace almost two decades earlier. She seeks out Lassiter because hes the last person to have seen her alive. Lassiter volunteers to investigate, and his search for Kristas fate will take him into the underworld of Miamis pornography industry, into the dangerous lives of his friends, and, of course, into the courtroom, where Lassiters bare-knuckle style makes him a formidable opponent.
Last seen in 1997’s Flesh & Bones, Jake Lassiter is a hero unlike any other in the courtroom. Booklist called him “one of the most entertaining series characters in contemporary crime fiction.” The former Miami Dolphin is still swimming with sharks in his latest, boldest novel of suspense yet.
Amy Larkin is in town, looking for her sister Krista, who vanished without a trace almost two decades earlier. She seeks out Lassiter because he’s the last person to have seen her alive. Lassiter volunteers to investigate, and his search for Krista’s fate will take him into the underworld of Miami’s pornography industry, into the dangerous lives of his friends, and, of course, into the courtroom, where Lassiter’s bareknuckle style makes him a formidable opponent.
