Description:
JAKE LASSITER TACKLES HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL AND BECOMES THE MOST HATED MAN IN MIAMI
Brief description: Paul Levine is the Amazon Number One Bestselling Author of the "Jake Lassiter" and "Solomon vs. Lord" series. Levine won the John D. MacDonald Fiction Award and has been nominated for the Edgar, Macavity, International Thriller, Shamus, and James Thurber prizes. A former trial lawyer, he also wrote twenty episodes of the CBS military drama "JAG" and co-created the Supreme Court drama "First Monday" starring James Garner and Joe Mantegna. The international bestseller "To Speak for the Dead" was his first novel and introduced readers to linebacker-turned-lawyer Jake Lassiter. "Bum Rap," which brought Lassiter together with Steve Solomon and Victoria Lord, was an Amazon #1 bestseller. His latest book is "Early Grave" in which an ailing Lassiter sues to establish high school football as so inherently dangerous as to constitute a "public nuisance" that should be abolished. For more information, visit the author's website at www.paul-levine.com or follow him on Twitter @Jake_Lassiter.
Review Quotes:
PRAISE FOR THE JAKE LASSITER SERIES
"Take one part John Grisham, two parts Carl Hiaasen, throw in a dash of John D. MacDonald, and voilà, you've got Jake Lassiter." -- Tulsa World
"Jake Lassiter is great fun." -- New York Times Book Review
"Lively entertainment. Lassiter is attractive, funny, savvy, and brave." -- Chicago Tribune
"Mystery writing at its very, very best." -- USA Today
"Jake Lassiter is the lawyer we all want on our side, and on the page." -- Lee Child
"Lassiter is my kind of lawyer." - Michael Connelly
"Paul Levine is one of Florida's great writers, and 'Lassiter' is his greatest creation. He's funny, smart, and compelling." -- Dave Barry
"Levine's prose gets leaner, meaner, better with every book...And Jake Lassiter has a lot more charisma than Perry Mason ever did." -- Miami Herald
"Another enjoyable, breathless thriller." -- South Florida Sun-Sentinel
"Filled with smart writing and smart remarks." -- Dallas Morning News
"Enough courtroom shenanigans to please even the most stalwart John Grisham fan." -- Lansing State Journal