Review: Jake Lassiter - An old friend and new adventures
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 14, 2013
After a few books featuring Jake Lassiter, former Miami Dolphin and current lawyer-in-trouble, you have the feeling that you want to know what your old friend is up to these days.Paul Levine works his magic once again with a lead character you've gotten to know so well and some of the old sidekicks that hang with him. If this seems to suggest that Mortal Sin is a familiar book, rest assured that the only things familiar are the primary and the secondary players. The stories are all new and exciting, but they're played out with a bunch of people you've come to know and whose presence you welcome.This time, Jake's involved with a client in a civil case (which he wins, by the way). However, a serious side story is that Jake is, uh, involved with the client's wife. Apparently, Jake and the client's wife have had an on-again, off-again relationship for far longer than her husband has been a client. And, as we get into the book, we discover that she's had other side interests as well, which complicates the whole deal.Meanwhile, Jake's client is now involved in a huge business deal located in the Florida Everglades and some of the characters he has business with are less than stellar folks. Parts of the plot involve defiling the pristine environment of the Everglades and Jake Lassiter finds himself involved in a lot more trouble than he started with in the civil case. And right up front of everything are Jake's relationship with Gina and whoever else she is tangled up with as the story goes on.Just be ready for another great Paul Levine thriller starring Jake Lassiter. You always know that these books are beautifully crafted and the pages are turned quickly with terrific anticipation. Levine knows South Florida as well as anyone and his descriptions of Miami and the surrounding area are true and exact. Mixed with the suspense and dangerous turns are always a lot of laugh out loud situations and smartass remarks and answers by Jake Lassiter.This has been an amazing series of books and fortunately for me, there are still a few left to read. I never get tired of them.