CRITICS RAVE ABOUT SOLOMON & LORD

“Remarkably fresh and original with characters you can’t help loving and sparkling dialogue that echoes the Hepburn-Tracy screwball comedies. A hilarious, touching, and entertaining twist on the legal thriller.” –Chicago Tribune, review of “Solomon vs. Lord”

Steve Solomon and Victoria Lord, those squabbling Miami lawyers, are back in an original SHORT STORY involving a mysterious boat trip with a nefarious passenger.

Solomon says he's going fishing with Manuel Cruz. Victoria isn’t buying it. Cruz stole a bundle from Solomon’s favorite client. So just why is Solomon going out on a boat with the guy? Victoria decides to go along and find out, which is when she learns her law partner has an unorthodox method of "negotiating" a settlement.

Solomon and Lord have been compared to Nick and Nora of “The Thin Man” stories, to David and Maddie of TV’s “Moonlighting,” and of course, to Spencer Tracy and Katherine Hepburn in “Adam’s Rib.

There are four novels in the series: ”Solomon vs. Lord” (nominated for the Macavity award and the James Thurber prize), “The Deep Blue Alibi” (nominated for an Edgar Award), “Kill All the Lawyers” (a finalist for the International Thriller Writers award), and “Trial & Error,” (not nominated for a darn thing).

Included as bonus material in this edition are free excerpts of the first two Jake Lassiter novels, “To Speak for the Dead” and “Night Vision,” and the stand-alone Supreme Court thriller, “Impact.”

WHAT’S THE VERDICT ON JAKE LASSITER?

"Irreverent...genuinely clever...great fun." – The New York Times Book Review

"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

“Genuinely chilling.” – Washington Post Book World

“Wildly entertaining.” – “St. Louis Post Dispatch

“Take one part John Grisham, two parts Carl Hiaasen, throw in a dash of John D. MacDonald, and voila! You’ve got Jake Lassiter.” – Tulsa World

THE JAKE LASSITER SERIES

To Speak for the Dead
Night Vision
False Dawn
Mortal Sin
Riptide
Fool Me Twice
Flesh & Bones
Lassiter (Fall 2011)

THRILLERS

Impact
Illegal
Ballistic

SOLOMON & LORD SERIES

Solomon vs. Lord
Kill All the Lawyers
The Deep Blue Alibi
Trial & Error

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Steve Solomon is the sharpest lawyer ever to barely graduate from Key West School of Law. Victoria Lord is fresh from Yale, toiling for an ambitious D.A. and soon to be married. And Katrina Barksdale is a sexy former figure skater charged with killing her incredibly wealthy, incredibly kinky husband. With all three tangled in the steamiest trial of the century, the case is sure to make sparks fly, headlines scream—and opposites attract.

But with Solomon inventing his own laws and Lord sticking to the real ones, these two can’t stop squabbling, even after teaming up to defend the glamorous widow. With crooks, con men, and a cast of colorful characters swirling around Solomon, and an anxious fiancé waiting for Lord, the two attorneys begin to believe their luscious client has been lying through her perfect teeth. Now Solomon and Lord must solve the case before they end up in ruin, in jail…or in bed.