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An angry Jake Lassiter goes on the trail of millions in negotiable bonds ripped off from his favorite client, octogenarian Sam Kazdoy. There’s a more sinister turn when Jake’s old buddy, Berto Zaldivar, a lawyer-turned-smuggler, ends up dead. The search for clues takes leads Jake to a menacing professional windsurfer and his companion, a champion athlete and lethal femme fatale. Determined to recover the money and discover who killed his friend, Jake’s detective work leads him from Miami to Maui via Bimini, and ultimately an explosive finale in which he learns lessons never taught on the football field or in the courtroom. PRAISE FOR PAUL LEVINE’S RIPTIDE “A thriller as fast as the wind, a bracing rush as breathtaking as hitting the Gulf waters on a chill December morning.” — Tampa Tribune “A fast thrill ride with offbeat characters, humor, suspense and mayhem. Fasten your seatbelt and get ready for a pedal-to-the-metal ride.” —Amazon 5-star review “A lively and skilled caper.” —Los Angeles Times

Paul Levine (Author), Luke Daniels (Narrator)

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Fool Me Twice

IT’S A ROUTINE FRAUD TRIAL IN MIAMI CRIMINAL COURT, UNTIL... A witness against Jake Lassiter’s client is murdered... And the linebacker-turned-lawyer is the prime suspect. The mystery leads Lassiter and his wisecracking juvenile delinquent nephew to an abandoned silver mine deep beneath the Aspen ski slopes. The evidence that can clear the lawyer—or bury him—is revealed in an explosive finale. PRAISE FOR PAUL LEVINE’S FOOL ME TWICE “Wildly entertaining blend of raucous humor and high adventure.” —St. Louis Post-Dispatch “Twice as good as Turow and Grisham, and four times the fun.” —Armchair Detective “Suspense, romance, some social commentary, and a huge helping of humor. For sheer entertainment, the Lassiter series is as good as any.” —Booklist

Paul Levine (Author), Luke Daniels (Narrator)

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Flesh & Bones

Jake Lassiter’s search for answers leads him into a quagmire of dirty deals, big money and family corruption, all the while wondering if he’s being played by his own client. “I was sitting at the end of the bar sipping single-malt Scotch when I spotted the tall blond woman with the large green eyes and the small gray gun.” The next thing Jake Lassiter knows, the woman pumps three bullets into the man on the next bar stool. Lassiter, the linebacker-turned-lawyer, has a new client. She’s a stunning South Beach model; the dead man is her wealthy father; and the murder case is a slam dunk for the prosecution. Or is it? PRAISE FOR PAUL LEVINE’S FLESH & BONES “Lassiter is one of the most entertaining series characters in crime fiction.” —Booklist “The author keeps the suspense high with innovative twists and touches of humor that spice up the courtroom scenes.” —Chicago Tribune “The most dangerous detective liaison since Sam Spade and Brigid O’Shaughnessy tangoed in The Maltese Falcon.” —Charlotte News & Observer

Paul Levine (Author), Luke Daniels (Narrator)

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State vs. Lassiter

Jake Lassiter is crazy about the new woman in his life...His law practice is booming...His delinquent nephew is getting A's in school.Then Jake is charged with murder.It's supposed to be a romantic weekend at the Fontainebleau for Jake and Pamela Baylins. Then they quarrel, and Pamela--who's Jake's banker as well as lover--accuses him of stealing from clients. Hours later, she's found strangled. With all the evidence pointing to Jake, it will take an explosive murder trial to reveal the truth. 'So entertaining and so deftly plotted that you will want to read more of Lassiter's adventures even before you are through.' - Bookreporter.com

Paul Levine (Author), Luke Daniels (Narrator)

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Best Intentions

It starts with some innocent family fun. Writer Stephen Barrow’s divorced wife, involved in a second marriage, has given Barrow custody of their six-year-old daughter, Penny. Father and daughter share a relationship that is tender, poignant, and funny. Their home life in a small upstate New York town is a happy and entirely wholesome one. One evening Penny, in her bath, playfully straightens her shampoo stiffened hair into the horn of a “unicord,” and her father takes her picture. When she “moons” him and says, “Take this one!” he clicks the shutter, although the roll of film was finished. Or so the mechanically challenged Barrow believed. The next day, the local pharmacy clerk using the photo machine is shocked by the snapshot, decides Stephen is a child pornographer, and calls the police, who arrest him. That is only the first step in Stephen Barrow’s descent into hell. A small-town police chief, a vengeful ex-wife, a fledgling psychologist, a district attorney facing re-election - all of these and more push Barrow deeper and deeper into the depths, until everything he has is taken from him, his freedom, his belongings, and most particularly his beloved daughter. Best Intentions is a horror story. Not a horror story of monsters from the deep or roving homicidal psychopaths, but something much worse, something that batters at the readers’ defenses. As anyone familiar with Klempner’s previous books will know, he is a writer with the talent to bring his story home to his readers. As Best Intentions (based on an actual case) unfolds, its threat becomes more and more real. This could happen to anyone. It could happen to you.

Joseph T. Klempner (Author), Jeff Cummings (Narrator)

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Last Chance Lassiter

An aging musician claims a famous hip-hop artist stole his tune... But down-on-his luck Cadillac Johnson has no proof and little hope... Until he hires the ex-linebacker to break down the courthouse door. In this prequel to the series, Jake Lassiter gets fired from his law firm, dumped by his girlfriend, and charged with ethical violations by the Florida Bar...as he fights for justice in his own hard-headed way.

Paul Levine (Author), Luke Daniels (Narrator)

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Case of the Angry Mourner

Do birds of a feather plot murder together? The extraordinary Perry Mason never handles straightforward divorce cases, but this one is an especially strange bird. Rita Swaine is dating her sister’s ex-boyfriend. Her sister, Rosalind, is married to shady insurance adjuster Walter Prescott, who’s got dollar signs in his eyes and ice water in his veins. When Rita’s beau gallantly steps in to warn Rosalind about her heinous husband’s designs, Prescott hatches a plan to prey on them all…by suing for big profit. For Mason, this case should be a lark. But when a murdered man is found in the Prescott home–and a nosy neighbor sings an incriminating song about illicit love and a hidden gun-legal eagle Mason suddenly finds himself defending a sitting duck.

Erle Stanley Gardner (Author), Alexander Cendese (Narrator)

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Case of the Moth-Eaten Mink

A waitress in a favorite restaurant of Mason''s runs out in the middle of the lunch rush, leaving behind her pricey mink coat. But this is only the first question in a cop-killer case that traps Mason’s client with both an impossible story and the murder weapon. With Perry as a prime suspect with a blazing gunpowder trail that leads straight to the heart of the police department.…

Erle Stanley Gardner (Author), Alexander Cendese (Narrator)

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Flat Lake in Winter

Deep in the heart of the Adirondack Mountains sits a mansion, its image reflected perfectly on the still water of Flat Lake. Inside that estate are the savagely murdered bodies of a wealthy elderly couple. All evidence points to Jonathan - their mentally handicapped twenty-eight-year-old grandson - but Matt Fielder, his appointed defense lawyer, isn't convinced. While Fielder is pretty sure Jonathan committed the killings, Jonathan''s childlike understanding of the world renders it nearly impossible for him to have done it out of greed or malice. Now Fielder must fight the prosecution's campaign for the death penalty, but as he scours Jonathan's past for anything that will help their case, he uncovers a cache of dark family secrets that turn the case in a shocking and unexpected new direction. When his first novel, Felony Murder, was published, Publishers Weekly called Klempner "a writer to watch." Now, Klempner is better than ever - that rare novelist with both an insider's knowledge of the world he writes about, and a talent for intelligent, compelling storytelling.

Joseph T. Klempner (Author), George Newbern (Narrator)

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Fogbound

Once more, bestselling author Joseph T. Klempner combines thrills, vivid characters, and a plot that leaves the reader breathless. A Lincoln Navigator carries three well-dressed people through the barren New Jersey salt flats. The trip is uncomfortable but necessary. Their target has no phone, certainly no email, and never answers his mail. But August Jorgenson is no country bumpkin. Before retiring, he was one of the most famous judges in the country, and only opinions like his fierce opposition to the death penalty kept him from a seat on the Supreme Court. Now his visitors, from a reality show called Trial TV, have come to enlist his aid. They are excited about an idea they have that promises to strike a serious blow against the death penalty (and boost their ratings past those of Court TV). The judge agrees to help. But as he digs into the facts of the case he becomes their enemy - an enemy who must be removed as a serious threat to their plans. When his first novel, Felony Murder, was published, Publishers Weekly called Klempner "a writer to watch." Now, Klempner is better than ever - that rare novelist with both an insider''s knowledge of the world he writes about, and a talent for intelligent, compelling storytelling.

Joseph T. Klempner (Author), David De Vries (Narrator)

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The Case of the Runaway Corpse

The two women in Perry Mason’s office were a cat-and-mouse combination. And at first glance it seemed that little Mrs. Davenport was the mouse. But her husband said she was trying to kill him…. that she had already murdered once and would not hesitate to strike again. Mason’s own curiosity made him take the case, and before long he was wanted for questioning by several different officers of the law. Question: was Myra Davenport a quiet little person, who enjoyed nothing better than pottering about in her garden? Or was she a poisoner, a minx, a modern Lucrezia Borgia? A superb courtroom expose climaxes Perry Mason’s brilliant detection.

Erle Stanley Gardner (Author), Alexander Cendese (Narrator)

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Guilty Blood

Jessica Ames is desperate. Her college-age son, Brandon, has been arrested for murder, and the evidence is stacked against him. His DNA matches the blood and skin found under the victim's fingernails, and the murder weapon was recovered near his apartment. Jessica turns to the only lawyer she knows for help. Nate Daniels is no criminal defense attorney; he's a highly successful corporate litigator. He also has unresolved feelings for Jessica. As her late husband's best friend, Nate takes the case pro bono, knowing he has no choice but to do everything within his power to get Brandon acquitted. As Nate and Jessica work with the public defender to save her son, the loyalty, faith, and love between them grows into something more-even as their investigation is bringing out some very powerful and dangerous enemies...

Rick Acker (Author), James Patrick Cronin (Narrator)

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