"BUM RAP" IS A NUMBER ONE AMAZON BESTSELLER A mysterious bar-girl goes missing from a South Beach club... A Russian gangster is shot dead... And Steve Solomon holds the smoking gun. Can Lassiter get Solomon off the hook? BUM RAP is the first novel to bring together Jake Lassiter with squabbling Miami lawyers Steve Solomon and Victoria Lord. In a tale filled with twists and turns, Lassiter digs deep into the underbelly of glitzy South Beach to defend a client who's not necessarily telling him the truth. Who reads the Lassiter series? Fans of John Grisham, Harlan Coben, Sue Grafton, Scott Pratt, Carl Hiaasen, and Lisa Scottoline love the crackling courtroom drama, breathtaking suspense, intimate personal stories, and wicked humor, too. "The pages fly by and the laughs keep coming in this irresistible South Florida romp. A delicious mix of thriller and comic crime novel." - Booklist (starred review) PRAISE FOR "BUM RAP" "'Bum Rap' is one of those rarities: a thriller that is fun but still ever-so-gently makes you care about the characters. Welcome back, Mr. Levine, and thanks for bringing such an excellent book with you." --Bookreporter "Levine cleverly brings together all three of the heroes from his two legal-thriller series: Jake Lassiter and Solomon and Lord...The pages fly by, and the laughs keep coming in this irresistible south-Florida romp. A delicious mix of thriller and comic crime novel." -- Booklist (starred review) "Take some Russian mobsters, a mysterious jeweler, a murder, the disappearance of a bar girl and add a hilarious romp through Miami and this is really one to take to the beach." - Amazon 5-star review "Levine effectively blends a puzzling crime, intelligent sleuthing, adroit courtroom maneuvering...in this welcome addition to both series." -- Publishers Weekly "...Ebulliently seamless melding of Levine's two legal-eagle series." -- Kirkus "'Bum Rap' is Jake Lassiter's greatest adventure as the tough-guy lawyer defends a murder trial with a fibbing client, a missing bar-girl and the Russian Mafia, all set in glitzy South Beach." -- Harlan Coben "A highly entertaining look at the law, South Florida style. Levine deftly blends the characters from his two series into a seamless plot with plenty of twists. Jake, Steve, and Victoria make a formidable and amusing trio." -- Oline Cogdill, Sun-Sentinel IN WHAT ORDER SHOULD YOU READ THE JAKE LASSITER SERIES? It doesn't matter! All the Lassiter books, from To Speak for the Dead to Cheater's Game , the 2020 title, are "stand-alones" and may be read in any order. "BUM RAP" HITS NUMBER ONE Why would Steve Solomon kill a South Beach club owner? Linebacker-turned-lawyer Jake Lassiter tries to beat the murder rap...and resist his growing feelings for Victoria Lord. That's the setup of Bum Rap , an Amazon Number One Bestseller.  "BUM LUCK" LAUNCHES TO CRITICAL ACCLAIM Why does Jake Lasssiter want to kill his own client? His pals Solomon and Lord think he suffered one too many concussions playing football, and all signs point to the fatal disease CTE.  "A one-sit, must-read novel full of memorable characters and unforgettable vignettes." - Bookreporter  IN "BUM DEAL," LASSITER PLAYS POKER WITH THE LAW AND LIFE While being treated by Dr. Melissa Gold for a traumatic brain injury, Lassiter switches sides and prosecutes a murder. " Bum Deal is fantastic." - Lee Child In "CHEATER'S GAME," LASSITER TACKLES THE COLLEGE ADMISSIONS SCANDAL With the odds stacked against him, Lassiter matches wits with the mastermind of the fraud in a longshot effort to keep nephew Kip out of prison. PRAISE FOR THE JAKE LASSITER SERIES "Take one part John Grisham, two parts Carl Hiaasen, throw in a dash of John D. MacDonald, and voilà, you've got Jake Lassiter." -- Tulsa World "Jake Lassiter is great fun." -- New York Times Book Review "Lively entertainment. Lassiter is attractive, funny, savvy, and brave." -- Chicago Tribune "Mystery writing at its very, very best." -- USA Today "Jake Lassiter is the lawyer we all want on our side, and on the page." -- Lee Child "Paul Levine is one of Florida's great writers, and 'Lassiter' is his greatest creation. It's funny, smart, and compelling." -- Dave Barry "The legal excellence of a Grisham thriller with the highwire antics of Carl Hiaasen." -- David Morrell "Not only has Jake Lassiter inherited the mantle of Travis McGee, Paul Levine has joined Scott Turow and John Grisham as the best legal thriller authors working today." - Amazon 5-star review "Levine's prose gets leaner, meaner, better with every book...And Jake Lassiter has a lot more charisma than Perry Mason ever did." - Miami Herald "Another enjoyable, breathless thriller."- South Florida Sun-Sentinel "Filled with smart writing and smart remarks."- Dallas Morning News "Enough courtroom shenanigans to please even the most stalwart John Grisham fan."- Lansing State Journal SUSPENSE PLUS HUMOR EQUALS "CHEATER'S