I loved this book. A defense lawyer wants to kill his client right after he gets he gets him off on a murder charge of killing his wife. Not only that, the lawyer has to deal with the father and two overgrown boys of the dead wife who are hell bent on revenge.

It's not all fun and games though as there are some dealings with CTE as the lawyer was a football player and may have some issues with that.

All in all, it was a very entertaining read which I wholeheartedly enjoyed. I would definitely recommend this book especially if your usual genre is more of the morbid sort. I know I like to lighten things up every once in a while.

Thanks to Thomas & Mercer for approving my request and to Net Galley for providing me with a free e-galley in exchange for an honest review.

A fast paced story and a really great read. The story line began with the improbable decision by a lawyer to kill his client, and by the time the middle of the story came around I was hooked and read straight through to the end.

Jake Lassiter is a lawyer who's seemingly a shark and one who will win at all costs, but really wants to find redemption in his life. He not only believes his client is guilty and wants a way to even the score, but he is caught up in a scandal where he looks guilty as hell, and the clock is ticking to prove his innocence. He is former pro football player who has had numerous head injuries leading his friends and family to believe there is a relationship between the swift change in his behavior and previous (and current) concussions.

I loved the story line, and the pace that it's written. It was funny and smart, two great additions to any mystery. This book is the second in the series Lassiter, Solomon & Lord, and I'm guessing the next book will be as good as this one.

4 and 1 / 2 stars

Jake Lassiter, former pro football player turned lawyer, hears the verdict in his latest trial. Thunder Thurston is found “not guilty” in the murder of his wife. Jake is astounded and very angry. He knows Thunder did it. He begins to fantasize about killing his client. After talking to friends Victoria Lord and Steve Solomon, he decides instead to set him up for a long prison term. But how to go about it? He knows who supplies Thunder’s drugs and put the proposal to his prosecutor friend. His friend gets angry.

Jake comes up with plan after plan, none of which seem to pan out. Meanwhile, the prosecutor is trying to get a grand jury to investigate Jake on jury tampering charges.

In true Lassiter style, Jake gets himself into hot water again and again. It seems things just come out of his mouth at the darndest times. All of Paul Levine’s books have a touch of humor to them. It adds to the complete immersion in the novel. Some of the cases his secretary presents to him are a laugh a minute.

Jake takes on another case in the interim about obsessing about Thunder and getting in trouble. It is the case of a woman who commits suicide, but doesn’t die until the early morning hours after her one year waiting period is over. She has two children. Although she took the pills before midnight, the law is unclear about whether the insurance company is culpable or not. Jake is defending the insurance company, but doesn’t really want them to win the case.

The reader is left wondering if Jake is getting disillusioned with the law. Lately, he is getting cases he doesn’t want to win. This is unlike the past where he wanted to win at almost any cost.

Another subplot of this book is that Doc Riggs and Granny are getting very worried about Jake’s headaches and occasional loss of temper. Doc Riggs urges Jake to go see a neurologist. Jake, of course, puts it off.

While in Los Angeles, he meets the wonderful Dr. Gold. He finally undergoes the brain scan.

This is a very well written book and most enjoyable. It’s Jake Lassiter at his best. Paul Levine does a remarkable job writing and plotting this book. It has it all: humor, suspense, twists and turns. Can’t wait for the next in the series to come out!

Thank you to Netgalley and Thomas & Mercer for forwarding to me a copy of this great book to read.

Jack Lassiter who was a Dolphin player and now a lawyer who has just won a case that he feels is guilty. Loves the Florida lifestyle. Lives with Granny (not really sure how she is related) and his nephew, Kip. The next case is to defend the insurance company against the orphans of a cage fighter who took some pills and drank just hours before her policy would support paying her for a suicide. The thing is she actually was not dead until the next day. He has to look into concussion research and meets Dr. Gold. Lots of twists and turns in the story.

Thank you.
Enjoyed it.
Will get copies for family and friends.