Paul Levine

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  • Bibliography:
    31 Books (3 Series)
  • First Book:
    July 1990
  • Latest Book:
    March 2024
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Full Series List in Order

A Jake Lassiter Novel

0.5 - Last Chance Lassiter (Apr-2014)
1 - To Speak for the Dead (Jul-1990)
2 - Night Vision (Sep-1991)
3 - False Dawn (Apr-1993)
4 - Mortal Sin (Feb-1994)
5 - Slashback/Riptide (Jan-1995)
6 - Fool Me Twice (Jan-1996)
7 - Flesh and Bones (Jan-1997)
8 - Lassiter (Sep-2011)
9 - State vs. Lassiter (Sep-2013)
10 - Bum Rap (Jul-2015)
11 - Bum Luck (Apr-2017)
12 - Bum Deal (Jun-2018)
13 - Cheater's Game (Apr-2020)
14 - Early Grave (Jan-2023)

Lassiter, Solomon & Lord

1 - Bum Rap (Jul-2015)
2 - Bum Luck (Apr-2017)
3 - Bum Deal (Jun-2018)

Solomon vs. Lord

1 - Solomon vs. Lord (Sep-2005)
2 - The Deep Blue Alibi (Jan-2006)
3 - Kill All The Lawyers (Sep-2006)
4 - Trial & Error (Jun-2007)
5 - Solomon & Lord Sink or Swim (Jul-2013)
6 - Habeas Porpoise (Jan-2014)

Book List in Order: 31 titles

  • To Speak for the Dead

    A Jake Lassiter Novel - 1

    Miami trail lawyer Jake Lassiter, "ex-football player, ex-public defender, ex-a-lot-of-things," is defending Dr. Roger Salisbury, a surgeon and womanizer charged with malpractice in the death of wealthy Philip Corrigan. But the dead man's daughter in...

  • Night Vision

    A Jake Lassiter Novel - 2

    "Catch me if you can," reads the lipsticked message on the bathroom mirror Miami trial lawyer lake Lassiter accepts the challenge and finds himself on the trail of a killer with a bizarre modem operandi. For the dead lady's computer files point to a ...

  • False Dawn

    A Jake Lassiter Novel - 3

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    The client admits he killed a man...
    His lawyer doesn''t believe him...
    The truth is buried beneath a conspiracy of theft and murder.

    Linebacker-turned-lawyer Jake Lassiter heads to Havana and untangles a deadly plot involving the CIA,...

  • Mortal Sin

    A Jake Lassiter Novel - 4

    Environmentalist Peter Tupton froze to death on Nicky Florio's property on the hottest day of a sweltering Miami summer... Trial lawyer and former Dolphins linebacker Jake Lassiter feels obliged to defend the slimy, mob-connected Florio in the ens...

  • Slashback/Riptide

    A Jake Lassiter Novel - 5

    Miami Dolphin linebacker-turned-trial-lawyer Jake Lassiter is a throwback, a 'brew and burger guy in a quiche and white wine world.' He has his own definition of chivalry - 'I help little old ladies cross the street ... and sometimes tall young ones'...

  • Fool Me Twice

    A Jake Lassiter Novel - 6

    A swindler, liar, and thief, Blinky Baroso is just another lowlife seeking legal aid from NFL linebacker-turned attorney Jake Lassiter. But after Lassiter helps him beat a fraud rap, the weasel disappeared--leaving the ex-Dolphin with a fistful of bo...

  • Flesh and Bones

    A Jake Lassiter Novel - 7

    Miami Dolphins linebacker-turned-lawyer Jake Lassiter returns in the seventh Lassiter mystery from acclaimed South Florida writer and former lawyer Paul Levine. In Flesh & Bones, Jake takes on a seemingly unwinnable case. When Miami model Chrissy B...

  • 9 Scorpions

    Lisa Fremont's brilliant mind and alluring sensuality have Supreme Court Justice Samuel Truitt deliberating on a closer working relationship with his rising young law clerk. But long before she was Lisa Fremont, Esq., she was Angel--an underage strip...

  • Solomon vs. Lord

    Solomon vs. Lord - 1

    Steve Solomon is the sharpest lawyer ever to barely graduate from Key West School of Law. Victoria Lord is fresh from Yale, toiling for an ambitious D.A. and soon to be married. And Katrina Barksdale is a sexy former figure skater charged with killin...



  • The Deep Blue Alibi

    Solomon vs. Lord - 2

    They are Florida's most mismatched legal duo -- one a glamorous Miami blue blood, the other a Coconut Grove beach bum. And when they get together, you can throw every law right out the window.... What do you get when you mix beautiful people, fami...

  • Kill All The Lawyers

    Solomon vs. Lord - 3

    They're the legal world's oddest couple--a shorts-and-sandals beach bum and a Coral Gables blue blood. Maybe the only thing keeping them from killing each other is that they're on the same side.... It starts with a 300-pound marlin stuck in his fr...

  • Trial & Error

    Solomon vs. Lord - 4

    When Steve Solomon is awakened from a sound sleep beside his lover and law partner, Victoria Lord, the last thing he expects is to find himself in a high-speed chase against dolphin-kidnapping ecoterrorists on Jet Skis. But that's what you get when y...

  • The Very Short Stories of a Much Longer Life

    The twenty-five quickly read stories of this collection (fourteen of which were first published in literary journals and magazines) range from the surreal setting of a man trying to cope with apples falling in his house to the coming-of-age storie...

  • Illegal

    The Edgar-nominated author acclaimed for his crackling courtroom scenes delivers an adrenaline-laced, no-holds-barred thriller--his most powerful novel to date--as a disgraced lawyer travels the twisted border between justice and revenge. Haunted ...

  • The Road to Hell

    NO. 1 BESTSELLING MYSTERY ANTHOLOGY"The Road to Hell" collects four stories by Paul Levine, the Edgar-nominated author of the bestselling Jake Lassiter series. Levine's heroes travel dark and dangerous paths as they confront devilis...

  • Lassiter

    A Jake Lassiter Novel - 8

    Eighteen years ago, Jake Lassiter crossed paths with a teenage runaway who disappeared into South Florida's sex trade. Now he retraces her steps and runs head-on into a conspiracy of Miami's rich and powerful who would do anything to keep the past as...

  • Ballistic

    A Nuclear Missile... A Band of Terrorists... And Only Two People Who Can Prevent Armageddon. That’s the setup of “BALLISTIC,” the chilling new thriller from the Edgar-nominated author of the Jake Lassiter series. It’s up to Sergeant Jack Jeri...

  • Paydirt

    Bobby Gallagher has it all...a great job, a loving wife, and an adoring son... Then he’s fired; his wife divorces him; and he goes bankrupt... Now, to reclaim his life, all he has to do is rig the Super Bowl, win a huge bet, and avoid getting kille...

  • Shattered Justice

    SHATTERED JUSTICE is a boxed set of three of bestselling author's Paul Levine's most acclaimed thrillers.SOLOMON vs. LORD features a mismatched pair of Miami lawyers. Victoria Lord follows all the rules...Steve Solomon makes up his own...When they d...



  • Solomon & Lord Sink or Swim

    Solomon vs. Lord - 5

    "Solomn & Lord Sink or Swim" is a short story, featuring the two squabbling Miami lawyers from the four-book series nominated for the Edgar, International Thriller, Macavity and James Thurber awards.The sharpest lawyer to barely graduate from Key Wes...

  • State vs. Lassiter

    A Jake Lassiter Novel - 9

    Is this the end of Jake Lassiter?

    Life is great for Jake at the start of the newest tale in Paul Levine's award-winning series.

    Jake’s law practice is booming...

    He’s crazy about the new woman in his life...

    His on...

  • Habeas Porpoise

    Solomon vs. Lord - 6

    “A quick and tightly crafted caper with endearing wit and memorable characters.” "Publishers Weekly Victoria Lord...for the prosecution. Steve Solomon...for the defense. And an ecoterrorist charged with murder. The love-hate relationship of Sol...

  • Last Chance Lassiter

    A Jake Lassiter Novel - 0.5

    "If your cause is just, no case is impossible." -Jake Lassiter This time, the linebacker-turned-lawyer faces overwhelming odds. Lassiter represents Cadillac Johnson, an aging rhythm and blues musician who claims his greatest song was stolen by a top-...

  • Bum Rap

    A Jake Lassiter Novel - 10
    Lassiter, Solomon & Lord - 1

    NFL linebacker-turned-lawyer Jake Lassiter has had it with shifty clients, dirty prosecutors, and a legal system out of whack. It’s enough to make a man want to leave Miami and never look back -- until he gets a call from Victoria Lord, the better ...

  • In Case You Want to Know: Stories

    From All The Floating Strings Do you know the difference between toothpicks and spider webs? It was one of those questions that Coe asked when there was too much silence. What, Coe? Larry asked. Thats the thing. There is no difference because e...

  • Bum Luck

    A Jake Lassiter Novel - 11
    Lassiter, Solomon & Lord - 2

    Thirty seconds after the jury announced its verdict, I decided to kill my client. Second-string linebacker turned trial lawyer Jake Lassiter squares off against his toughest, most unpredictable adversary yet: himself. The downward spiral begins...

  • Bum Deal

    A Jake Lassiter Novel - 12
    Lassiter, Solomon & Lord - 3

    They don’t call us sharks for our ability to swim. Second-string linebacker turned disillusioned defense attorney Jake Lassiter finally switches teams. Appointed special prosecutor in a high-profile murder case, he vows to take down a prominent ...

  • IMPACT

    "Relentlessly entertaining." -- New York Daily NewsA Jetliner Crashes in the Everglades.A Billion-Dollar Lawsuit: Negligence or Terrorism?The Defense: Kill Anyone, Even a Supreme Court Justice, to Win the Case.Supreme Court Justice Sam Truitt takes t...

  • Cheater's Game

    A Jake Lassiter Novel - 13

    JAKE LASSITER TACKLES THE COLLEGE ADMISSIONS SCANDAL Rich parents will pay anything to get their kids into college...For a price, Kip Lassiter can get the perfect score on any test...And Kip's heartbroken Uncle Jake must defend an unwinnable case. Ki...



  • Early Grave

    A Jake Lassiter Novel - 14

    When his godson suffers a catastrophic injury in a high school football game, lawyer Jake Lassiter sues to abolish the sport and becomes the most hated man in Miami. At the same time, the former NFL linebacker battles CTE, the fatal brain disease cau...

  • Coney Eyes

    From “Some Doo Wops And Those Rama Langa Ding Dongs” It was the 50s. Doo Wops fell from the sky, and we didn’t even notice that they lit our path, yet made no sense, but instead, merely soothed the painful edges and left us with the confusion o...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Paul Levine has published 31 books.

Paul Levine does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Coney Eyes, was published in March 2024.

The first book by Paul Levine, To Speak for the Dead, was published in July 1990.

Yes. Paul Levine has 3 series.
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