“FLESH & BONES”
“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 barstool. And Lassiter, the second-string linebacker turned hard-boiled Miami lawyer, has a new client.
That’s the opening scene of “Flesh & Bones,” my bestselling Jake Lassiter thriller that’s now available as an ebook from Amazon Kindle.
WHAT’S THE VERDICT ON “FLESH & BONES?”
“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
“Filled with smart writing and smart remarks.” – Dallas Morning News
“The most dangerous liaison since Sam Spade and Brigid O’Shaughnessy tangoed in ‘The Maltese Falcon.’” – Charlotte News & Observer
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CONQUERING CHILDREN’S CANCER
ALL BOOK PROCEEDS: “FOR THE KIDS”
A few years ago, one of my dearest friends, the godfather of my son, lost his daughter Margaux to Ewing’s sarcoma, a rare but vicious bone cancer. The survival rate for Ewing’s sarcoma that metastasises is a disheartening 10 per cent.
Seen from above, thousands of Penn State students devote time and money to conquering childhood cancer.
Ten per cent!
In this age of medical miracles, how can that be?
Which brings me to the Four Diamonds Fund. In 1972, a 14-year-old boy named Christopher Millard was an aspiring writer. Or rather, hewas already a writer. He’d penned a mythic tale about “Sir Millard and The Four Diamonds,” in the tradition of Sir Galahad and Sir Lancelot. What are those Four Diamonds? Wisdom. Courage. Honesty. Strength. All are needed in our daily lives, especially in children’s battles with a dread disease.
You have probably figured out that Chris wrote the story while in the throes of cancer. The diamonds of his story were allegorical. The quest was for life itself. After a three-year battle, Chris died, but his memory lives in the name of the Fund established by his family.
Penn State students have contributed an astonishing $78 million to the Fund through their annual dance marathon. This year’s event raised $9.5 million alone. The motto of “Thon” is “For the kids.” And that, too, is the dedication of “To Speak for the Dead.”
At their annual Dance Marathon, Penn State students raise $9.5 million to fight childhood cancer.
