"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 Jake Lassiter get Solomon off the hook? BUM RAP brings together Lassiter with squabbling Miami lawyers Steve Solomon and Victoria Lord. In a tale filled with startling twists, Lassiter digs deep into the underbelly of glitzy South Beach to defend a client who's not telling him the truth. "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) NOTE: The Lassiter books are all stand-alones that may be enjoyed in any order. 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 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 "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 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. SUSPENSE PLUS HUMOR EQUALS "CHEATER'S GAME" Paul Levine's newest novel is Cheater's Game , in which Lassiter tackles the true-to-life college admissions scandal in an explosive federal trial. 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. If you enjoy John Grisham, Scott Turow, Robert Dugoni, Harlan Coben, Carl Hiaasen,