The author of twenty-three novels, Paul Levine won the John D. MacDonald Fiction Award and has been nominated for the Edgar, Macavity, International Thriller, Shamus, and James Thurber prizes. A former trial lawyer, he also wrote twenty episodes of the CBS military drama JAG. The international bestseller, To Speak for the Dead, was his first novel and introduced readers to linebacker-turned lawyer Jake Lassiter. Bum Rap was an Amazon Number One Bestseller. He divides his time between Santa Barbara and Miami.

"Paul Levine brings the snappy humor of his terrific Jake Lassiter series to the ingenious pairing of real-life friends Charlie Chaplin and Albert Einstein on a roller coaster ride to save America from a fascist threat within its borders." --Jacqueline Winspear, New York Times bestselling author of the Maisie Dobbs series

"Despite the fun, the story is eerily and frighteningly relevant today. This may be Levine's masterpiece." --Lee Goldberg, #1 New York Times bestselling author

"Levine's richest novel, a brilliant piece of fiction." --Deepak Sethi, screenwriter and film director

"This series promises to mix fun capers with serious societal commentary and is one to watch out for." --First Clue Reviews

"A wildly inventive thriller from the Golden Age of Hollywood, animated by our heroes' wit, talent, and genius. Casting for the two stars should commence immediately." --Ed Zuckerman, Edgar Allan Poe and Emmy winner

"A delicious thriller." --Scott Eyman, New York Times bestselling author of Charlie Chaplin vs. America

"Levine takes us back to the Golden Age of Hollywood and combines historical fiction and political thriller into a lightning-paced propulsive novel." --Sheldon Siegel, New York Times bestselling author of Special Circumstances

JAKE LASSITER SERIES

"Jake Lassiter is great fun." --New York Times Book Review

"Lively entertainment. Lassiter is attractive, funny, savvy, and brave." --Chicago Tribune

"Mystery writing at its very, very best." --USA Today

"Jake Lassiter is the lawyer we all want on our side, and on the page." --Lee Child

"Clever, funny and seriously on point. Top-notch stuff from Paul Levine. His Jake Lassiter is my kind of lawyer." --Michael Connelly

"One of the best mysteries of the year." --Los Angeles Times
"Levine's prose gets leaner, meaner, better with every book...And Jake Lassiter has a lot more charisma than Perry Mason ever did." --Miami Herald

"Another enjoyable, breathless thriller." --Oline Cogdill, South Florida Sun-Sentinel

"Filled with smart writing and smart remarks." --Dallas Morning News

"Enough courtroom shenanigans to please even the most stalwart John Grisham fan." --Lansing State Journal

"One seismic courtroom battle...an occasion for pyrotechnics that really blaze." --Booklist

"Paul Levine is one of Florida's great writers, and 'Lassiter' is his greatest creation." --Dave Barry

"Genuinely chilling." --Washington Post

"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

"First rate. The prose is as smooth as a writ for libel." --Boston Globe

SOLOMON vs. LORD SERIES

"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 Sun-Times

"The barbed dialogue makes for some genuine laugh-out-loud moments. Fans of Carl Hiaasen and Dave Barry will enjoy this humorous Florida crime romp." --Publishers Weekly

"Some of the juiciest and funniest lingo I've read in a thriller in a long time." --Connecticut Post

"The writing makes me think of Janet Evanovich out to dinner with John Grisham." --Mystery Lovers

"If you only pick up one book this year, grab a copy of The Deep Blue Alibi. Paul Levine's Solomon vs. Lord novels are a hoot!" --Round Table Reviews

"Hiaasen meets Grisham in the court of last retort. A sexy, wacky, wonderful thriller with humor and heart." --Harlan Coben

"Levine writes some of the funniest - and most wickedly accurate - courthouse dramas you'll ever read." --Carl Hiaasen

"A refreshingly delightful mystery. The scene at the nudist club alone is worth the price of the book." --Bookloons

"The repartee between Solomon and Lord is some of the greatest dialogue I have read in years, and is reminiscent of the very best of Dave and Maddie in the early episodes of Moonlighting." --Bookreporter

"Written with heart and warmth and wit, razor-sharp dialogue, colorful memorable characters and a more than generous amount of genuine emotion." --Oakland (MI) Press

"A sexy read. Set in hot, hot Miami, the sexual tension flies off the page." --Word Museum

"A risqué version of the classic bickering of Tracy and Hepburn, Solomon vs. Lord is a humorous, fast-paced legal romp, the dialogue crisp and often wickedly barbed." --Blogcritics

BOOKS BY PAUL LEVINE

JAKE LASSITER SERIES
To Speak for the Dead
Night Vision
False Dawn
Mortal Sin
Riptide
Fool Me Twice
Flesh & Bones
Lassiter
Last Chance Lassiter
State vs. Lassiter
Cheater's Game
Early Grave

SOLOMON vs. LORD SERIES
Solomon vs. Lord
The Deep Blue Alibi
Kill All the Lawyers
Habeas Porpoise

LASSITER, SOLOMON & LORD SERIES
Bum Rap
Bum Luck
Bum Deal

STAND-ALONE THRILLERS
Illegal
Ballistic
Paydirt
Impact

BOXED SETS
Shattered Justice
Miami Law
3 Deadly Sins

EINSTEIN-CHAPLIN SERIES
Midnight Burning
Midnight Patriots (2026-27)

Publisher: Blank Slate Press

Pub date: 2025-09-16

Length: 374 pages