Bum Rap

What happens when you combine 2 of my favorite series? 5+++ stars! Lassiter and Solomon v Lord come together in this non-stop enjoyable and entertaining thriller! If you haven't read any of Paul Levine's books,do yourself a favorite and start. My 2 favorite authors are Carl Hiaasen and Paul Levine,w......more

Reading this book was a big mistake. All my love for Paul Levine books flew out of the window with this book. I was expecting a good legal thriller, with 3 lawyers as the protagonists. But I got a YA novel with clumsy romance between a 45 yr old and 33 yr old, both making the moves on each other alte......more

I yield to no one in my admiration for Paul Levine's series of books about beat-up ex-NFL linebacker turned Miami lawyer Jack Lassiter. His prose usually sings, his jokes land nine times out of ten and his legal showdowns are entertaining -- plus he's got a great sense of the wackiness of crime in F......more

I literally picked up the paperback, "Bum Rap", from author Paul Levine while walking past a bargain bin of books recently. While skimming through a few pages I decided to give it a try. What I found was a witty and irreverent legal/ crime thriller that was enjoyable to read as it was difficult to p......more

Great pace and characters. Looks like the author, editor, or PIR (progressive insertion robot) was at work on this novel, too, re a gratuitous, takes-readers-out-of-the-book swipe at conservative Supreme Court justices. The comment was not a story point, just a middle-of-the-book indulgence. I like th......more