Mortal Sin

Name: Mortal Sin
Brand: Brilliance Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Paul Levine
ISBN: 9781536682397

Author: Paul Levine

Series: Jake Lassiter Legal Thrillers #4

Narrator: Luke Daniels

Unabridged: 10 hr 58 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Published: 04/25/2017

Categories: Fiction, Legal

Synopsis

When an environmental activist freezes to death in August in Miami, it can only be a case for Jake Lassiter.Miami lawyer Jake Lassiter has a dangerous conflict of interest. He's sleeping with Gina Florio...and defending her mobster husband in court for the wrongful death of an environmental activist. The homicidal Nick Florio has hatched a scheme deep in the Florida Everglades that oozes corruption, blood, and money. One false move, and Jake will be gator bait.Living by his own rules, the savvy Lassiter battles a world of deceit, perversity and mayhem to risk body and soul for truth, justice and the Lassiter Way."Irreverent...genuinely clever...great fun." - New York Times Book Review

About Paul Levine

The author of nineteen novels, Paul Levine won the John D. MacDonald fiction award and was nominated for the Edgar, Macavity, International Thriller, Shamus, and James Thurber prizes. A former trial lawyer, he also wrote more than twenty episodes of the CBS military drama JAG and co-created the Supreme Court drama First Monday starring James Garner and Joe Mantegna. The critically acclaimed international bestseller To Speak for the Dead was his first novel and introduced readers to linebacker-turned-lawyer Jake Lassiter. He is also the author of the Solomon vs. Lord series featuring bickering law partners Steve Solomon and Victoria Lord. Levine has also written several stand-alone thrillers, including Illegal, Ballistic, Impact, and Paydirt. A graduate of Penn State University and the University of Miami Law School, he lives in Miami.

Reviews

Goodreads review by K on August 22, 2018

The fourth in Paul Levine‘s Jake Lassiter series is a decent enough book if one suspends credulity and goes along for the ride. This was my first book by this author and he obviously has a following with this series featuring ex-football player turned lawyer, Jake Lassiter. The story begins well and......more

Goodreads review by Donna on March 05, 2019

Jake, Jake, Jake. How does he get himself into these scrapes in the first place. His choice in women is questionable at best and if I was him I would swear off them FOREVER! His hapless luck in the relationship department only continues as Jake crosses one of his own lines. Lassiter represents "the b......more

Goodreads review by Ruth on April 01, 2015

I don't think anyone could get into as much trouble as this guy did by trying to do the right thing. It was one thing after another.......more

Goodreads review by Ramona on July 07, 2018

Dumb luck? Pretty good book. I shook my head a lot. He's really smart, or really lucky. Impulsive, brash, and semi upstanding guy ( he's a lawyer ). He's determined to right the wrongs he encounters, while skirting the law himself. Dangerous characters and a fickle flighty female, round out the main......more