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Praise for Levine
PRAISE FOR The Deep Blue Alibi
“In this follow-up to Solomon vs. Lord, a true bright spot during 2005, Levine again shows his acumen, skewing the law and showcasing Florida scenery while delivering an action-packed plot. The Deep Blue Alibi is only the second in what should be a long mystery series.”
- Ft. Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel
(Oline Cogdill)
“A smart, enjoyable page-turner. Levine once again supplies plenty of quirky characters and witty banter.”
- Publishers Weekly
“A terrific bit of entertainment. Levine expertly sets up the reader, then pulls the rug out. Sometimes hilarious, always amusing, The Deep Blue Alibi is highly recommended.”
- Oakland (MI) Press
(Mark Terry)
“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!”
- RoundTableReviews.com
(Tracy Farnsworth)
“A refreshingly delightful mystery. The scene at the nude club alone is worth the price of the book.”
- bookloons.com
(Mary Ann Smyth)
“Levine keeps the proceedings light with the requisite amount of quirky comic characters, quick quips, embarrassing anagrams, and even a visit to a nudist colony. A novel fans of legal thrillers and Jimmy Buffet can enjoy together.”
- Craig’s Book Club
“An entertaining, witty comedy caper with legal implications...sparkles with promise, humor, and more than a dash of suspense.”
- blogcritics.com
(Bill Wallo)
“A cross between Moonlighting and Night Court...courtroom drama has never been this much fun.”
- freshfiction.com
(Susan Wilson)
“As hilarious as The Deep Blue Alibi is, it is almost possible between the cleverly molded characters and sharp dialogue to overlook that the novel contains a terrific mystery, one that will keep you guessing.”
- bookreporter.com
(Joe Hartlaub)
“The Deep Blue Alibi rewards on many levels. It’s flat-out funny. Solomon and Lord are memorable characters. When these two are in front of a judge and jury, the dialogue sparkles like Hepburn and Tracy in Adam’s Rib.”
- TheMysteryReader.com
(Susan Scribner)
“A book you don’t want to end. It has been a long time since a book has made me laugh out loud. At times I had to quit reading just to catch my breath.”
- ReviewingTheEvidence.com
(Ginger K.W. Stratton)
PRAISE FOR SOLOMON vs. 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 Sun-Times
(David J. Montgomery)
"The legal thriller Solomon vs. Lord not only delivers a humorous yet solid tale about lawyers, it also proves how much Paul Levine's novels have been missed."
- Ft. Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel
(Oline Cogdill)
"A funny, fast-paced legal thriller. 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
"Solomon vs. Lord brings Levine back to the world of books at the top of his game.... Some of the juiciest and funniest lingo I've read in a thriller in a long time."
- ConnPost.com
(Joe Meyers)
"The writing makes me think of Janet Evanovich out to dinner with John Grisham."
- mysterylovers.com
"Paul Levine provides lots of pleasure and promise."
- Chicago Tribune
(Dick Adler)
"Solomon vs. Lord is a hoot."
- Greenwich (CT) Time
(John Linsenmeyer)
"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 what we heard from Dave and Maddie in the early episodes of Moonlighting. Simply put, Solomon vs. Lord is one of my favorite novels of 2005."
- Bookreporter.com
(Joe Hartlaub)
"Solomon vs. Lord is a comic romp, a romance, a legal thriller, and a mystery, all 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
(Mark Terry)
"If you're into really funny, spicy and devilishly devious courtroom novels, get into Paul Levine's newest. A bonanza of hilarity."
- Hernando (FL) Today
(Joe Klock, Sr.)
"A witty, irreverent and laugh-out-loud legal thriller."
- thebestreviews.com
(Harriet Klausner)
"Levine knows pacing, character and dialogue. Solomon vs. Lord is a laugh-out-loud funny legal thriller that crackles with wit and energy."
- internetwritingjournal.com (Claire E. White)
"A pure delight I hated to put down. A remarkable read."
- bookloons.com
(Mary Ann Smyth)
"Hiaasen meets Grisham in the court of last retort. A sexy, wacky, wonderful thriller with humor and heart."
--Harlan Coben
"It's great to see a new Paul Levine novel. He writes some of the funniest - and most wickedly accurate - courthouse dramas you'll ever read."
--Carl Hiaasen
"Solomon vs. Lord is a howl. Not since Moonlighting has such a funny, combative, romantic relationship been depicted. Paul Levine uses his extensive gifts as a novelist to give us two battling lawyers who are destined to delight you. This book is a winner!"
--Stephen J. Cannell
"Paul Levine has written a terrific courtroom drama that's also funny as hell. It's as if John Grisham wrote a book with...well, me."
--Dave Barry
"Solomon vs. Lord is a terrific courtroom thriller, a wonderful comedy, a delightful love story and one of the best books I've read this year."
--Philip Margolin
"This is what Tracy and Hepburn would have been like if they were allowed to show skin."
-- Jeff Arch,
screenwriter, "Sleepless in Seattle"
"This is the best book of 2005 so far, and I can't wait for the movie."
-- Catherine Kitcho,
Pele Publications
"The real mystery is how Levine took a subject like murder and
turned it into a laugh-out-loud novel. Now, if we can get him to write
the evening news."
--Jim Jimirro,
Chairman of the Board,
National Lampoon
"Solomon vs. Lord is a beauty. A fast, hilarious and suspenseful tale. When I wasn't laughing out loud, I was burning through the pages as fast as my fingers could move."
--James W. Hall
"A sexy read. Set in hot, hot Miami, the sexual tension flies off the page."
--wordmuseum.com
(Carolyn Russell)
"A risqué version of the classic bickering of Tracy and Hepburn.... Solomon vs. Lord is a humorous, fast-paced legal romp...the dialogue is crisp and often wickedly barbed."
--blogcritics.org
(Bill Wallo)
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"Levine effortlessly combines humor and suspense, with several laugh-out-loud throwaway lines buried among the drama."
--Craig's Book Club
"An engrossing brilliant courtroom drama."
--New Mystery Reader Magazine
(Narayan Radhakrishnan)
"Wonderfully entertaining."
--brownbookloft.com
THE VERDICT ON THE JAKE LASSITER NOVELS
"Irreverent...genuinely clever...great fun."
--The New York Times Book Review"
"Delicious..."
--Los Angeles Times
"A thriller as quickly paced as it is entertaining... The action drips with testosterone."
--The Arizona Republic
"Just the remedy for those who can't get enough Spenser and miss Travis McGee Terribly."
--St. Petersburg Times
"Take one part John Grisham, two parts Carl Hiaasen, throw in a dash of John D. MacDonald, and voila! You've got "'Mortal Sin.'"
--Tulsa World
"Enough twists and turns to satisfy Robert Ludlum fans.
--Publishers Weekly
"Genuinely chilling...Jake Lassiter is Travis McGee with trial experience."
--The Washington Post Book World
"Cracking good action-mystery...funny, sardonic, and fast paced."
--Detroit Free Press
"A blend of raucous humor and high adventure...wildly entertaining."
--St. Louis Post-Dispatch
"Blend the spicy characters created by Elmore Leonard with the legal expertise and suspense made famous by John Grisham and you have Paul Levine's 'Fool Me Twice.'"
--Lake Worth Herald
"Lively entertainment...Jake Lassiter is attractive, funny, savvy, and brave."
--Chicago Tribune
"Mystery writing at its very, very best."
--Larry King, USA TODAY
"A rip-roaring read. Vivid, funny and tense...stay-up-late action. Twice as good as Turow and Grisham and four times the fun."
--Armchair Detective.
"High suspense, dry humor...another breathless thriller."
--Ft. Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel
"A gem."
--Orlando Sentinel
"Levine provides suspense, a little romance, some social commentary, and a huge
helping of humor. For sheer entertainment, the Lassiter series is as good as any."
--Booklist
Gripping...edge-of-the-seat page turning."
--Naples Daily News
"Breathlessly exciting."
--Cleveland Plain Dealer
"A thriller as fast as the wind...Spiffy plotting, snappy dialogue and enough action to keep pulses racing combine to make this one a real barn-burner."
--Tampa Tribune
"A dazzler, extremely well-written and featuring so many quotable passages...you'll want someone handy to read them aloud to."
--Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine
"A humdinger."
--Chattanooga Times
"The genuine article...the most dangerous detective liaison since Sam Spade and Brigid O'Shaughnessy tangoed in 'The Maltese Falcon.'"
--Charlotte News & Observer
"The action unfolds rat-a-tat...keeping the reader hooked."
--The Denver Post
"First class...A knack for exploring the deeper levels of human emotions lends substance to his finely etched characters. Spiffy plotting, snappy dialogue and enough action to keep pulses racing combine to make this one a real barn-burner.
--Tampa Tribune
"Liberally sprinkled with dark humor, great dialogue and vivid characters."
--Lansing (MI) State Journal
"Levine's prose gets leaner, meaner, better with every book."
--The Miami Herald
"Fast, furious fun."
--Kirkus
"Laced with acerbic wit...the action never stops."
--Denver Rocky Mountain News
"First-rate...The prose is as smooth as a writ for libel."
--The Boston Globe
"Jake Lassiter is the new Travis McGee.
--San Diego Union-Tribune
"Paul Levine is a true artist....Jake Lassiter, I would hope, will be around for a while."
--Muncie (IN) Star
PRAISE FOR 9 SCORPIONS
"Highly readable and fun...it has an irresistible momentum. A breakout book for Levine."
--USA TODAY
"A big brash blend of sex, violence, and the Supreme Court. Levine gives us a good look at how our greatest court works."
--The Miami Herald
"Thrilling...reads like a blockbuster movie."
--Amazon.com
"Breathless excitement."
--Ft. Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel
"A tense, sexy and sublime portrait of the law at its highest level."
--Philadelphia Legal Intelligencer
"Outstanding! One of the year's best novels."
--Royal Palm Beach Forum
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