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Anita Liberty
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Description/Synopsis: 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 front door. Even by South Florida standards, where murderers outnumber mosquitoes, this registers as weird. And it’s not long before Steve Solomon figures out who’s making the bizarre threats. But how can he explain to his partner why an ex-client wants him dead? Victoria Lord was used to Steve’s cutting legal corners to win, but breaking the law to lose was downright unethical, even for Steve. Now Solomon & Lord is being bashed on local radio and a celebrity shrink with a homicidal me-first philosophy wants to be Steve’s new best friend. With a killer on the loose and legal disaster looming, is Steve’s lover and law partner about to walk out on him? Is this the end of Solomon & Lord? |
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This is a solid entry into the series. It is a discussion on the meaning of truth, wrapped in a action packed thriller.It examines the length it is acceptable to stretch to achieve justice. Steve is the main character in this one since it is his past catching up with him. He is getting all the PR he can handle from a local radio host but none of it good. He helped put the man into jail years before, which is a problem since he was the man's defense lawyer. That would cause hard feelings with most people, and this radio host is a well known psychiatrist and author who is not going to let Steve off the hook. Steve must solve exactly how he got away with murder in the past to prevent more murders in the present, espcecially his own.
This one includes the great line by Steve's dad "lawyerin's like playing poker with ideas."
Paul Levine has created a series of courtroom mysteries that revolve around a pair of well defined characters. Victoria Lord is a bright and proper lawyer. Steve Solomon may also be bright but his brash ways get him into hot water both in the courtroom and out. Steve Solomon and Victoria Lord do not make the best team it would seem, "by the rules" Lord to work with the "write your own laws" Solomon. Together they make sparks fly- but fire can be dangerous. And playing with fire can have unexpected consequences. The flames of the couple are tempered by Solomon's nephew, Bobby. He adds much of the humanity and humor to the series and rounds out the edges of the other characters.
Each book is organized around various "Solomon's Laws," the guiding principles for Steve. Classics include "I will never break the law, breach legal ethics, or risk jail time...unless it's for someone I love" or "A shark that can't bite is nothing but a mermaid." Each one is a gem in itself and should be embroidered on pillows and given to all law school graduates. (Now that would shake up the courtrooms!)
Levine is able to write excellent courtroom mysteries that each has an outrageous sense of humor that sees the absurd in both the legal system and society as a whole. Well crafted, the plots are never left wanting to meet the humor. Each deftly plotted mystery culminates in courtroom theatrics that appear as authentic as they are amusing. Levine is at his best when describing the various judges and their foibles.
With Jimmy Buffet playing in the background, laying in a hammock with a cold margarita next to you, stretch out and relax this summer with this guffaw inducing series.Review By Front Street | | This is my first Paul Levine and I really liked it. As the book progressed, Steve Solomon got himself into more and more trouble all the way until the end. Great Read, I highly recommend this book. Review By Sidd |
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