Mortal Sin — Paul Levine

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 ensuing wrongful death suit--partially because Lassiter is sleeping with his new client's wife. But the accused has his hands buried in even nastier stuff than the suspiciously timely demise of a nosy "tree-hugger." And Jake's involvement is about to make him an unwitting partner in a shady Everglades development scheme that oozes corruption, blood and money. And if he doesn't like it, he can tell it to the alligators.