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description: NUMBER 1 BESTSELLER FROM EDGAR NOMINEE PAUL LEVINE"One part John Grisham, two parts Carl Hiaasen." - 
  Tulsa World
"A thriller as fast as the wind." - 
  Tampa Tribune
Jake Lassiter chases a beautiful woman and stolen bonds from Miami to Maui, where in an explosive finale, he learns lessons never taught on the football field or in the courtroom.  If you enjoy John Grisham, Harlan Coben, Carl Hiaasen, and James Patterson, you'll love "Riptide" from Paul Levine, winner of the John D. MacDonald fiction award.  Levine has also been nominated for the Edgar, Macavity, International Thriller, and James Thurber prizes. A former trial lawyer, he wrote more than 20 episodes of the CBS military drama "JAG."WHAT'S THE VERDICT ON THE JAKE LASSITER THRILLERS?"Genuinely clever, great fun." - 
  New York Times Book Review
"Mystery writing at its very, very best." - 
  Larry King, USA TODAY
"Just the remedy for those who can't get enough Spenser and miss Travis McGee terribly." - 
  St. Petersburg Times
"Jake Lassiter is attractive, funny, savvy, and brave." - 
  Chicago Tribune
"Cracking good action-mystery...funny, sardonic, and fast-paced." - 
  Detroit Free Press
MORE JAKE LASSITER THRILLERSTO SPEAK FOR THE DEAD: Jake begins to believe that his surgeon client is innocent of malpractice...but guilty of murder.NIGHT VISION: Someone is murdering women on an Internet sex chat site, and Jake becomes a special prosecutor to hunt down the serial killer.FALSE DAWN: After his client confesses to a murder he didn't commit, Jake follows a bloody trail from Miami to Havana to discover the truth.MORTAL SIN: Talk about conflicts of interest. Jake is sleeping with Gina Florio and defending her mob-connected husband in court.FOOL ME TWICE: To clear his name in a murder investigation, Jake follows a trail of evidence that leads from Miami to buried treasure in the abandoned silver mines of Aspen, Colorado.FLESH AND BONES: Jake falls for his beautiful client even though he doubts her story. She claims to have recovered "repressed memories" of abuse...just before gunning down her father.LASSITER: Jake retraces the steps of a model who went missing 18 years earlier...after his one-night stand with her.More info at paul-levine.com
language: English
title: Riptide