Solomon Vs. Lord - 03 - Kill All the Lawyers

✍ Scribed by Levine, Paul

• Book ID: 107860629
• Year: 2005
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 152 KB
• Category: Fiction

✦ Synopsis

They re the legal world s oddest couple a shorts-and-sandals beach bum and a Coral Gables blue blood. Maybe the only thing keeping them from killing each other is that they re on the same side....

It starts with a 300-pound marlin stuck in his front door. Even by South Florida standards, where murderers outnumber mosquitoes, this registers as weird. And it s not long before Steve Solomon figures out who s making the bizarre threats. But how can he explain to his partner why an ex-client wants him dead? Victoria Lord was used to Steve s cutting legal corners to win, but breaking the law to lose was downright unethical, even for Steve. Now Solomon & Lord is being bashed on local radio and a celebrity shrink with a homicidal me-first philosophy wants to be Steve s new best friend. With a killer on the loose and legal disaster looming, is Steve s lover and law partner about to walk out on him? Is this the end of Solomon & Lord?

From Publishers Weekly

*Starred Review.* This clever, colorful thriller from former attorney Levine (*The Deep-Blue Alibi*, etc.) focuses as much on the age-old conflict between Mars and Venus as on delivering legal wisecracks and page-turning suspense. Miami defense attorney Steve Solomon and his partner in law and love, Victoria Lord, rarely see eye to eye. He bends the rules, and she plays by the book; he wants to buy a house, but she dreams of high-rise living. Housing is the least of their problems, however, when Steve's former client, convicted killer Dr. William Kreeger, discovers that Steve lost his case on purpose. The threats start with a 300-pound fish dangling from Steve's door and quickly escalate. But how does one outwit a lethal psychologist with a genius IQ? Levine ratchets up the tension with each development but never neglects the heart of the storyhis characters. The wily, rough-around-the-edges Steve, the Manolo-loving Victoria or Steve's anagram-obsessed and utterly endearing nephew are each drawn with a fine hand, making them feel more like friends than figments of Levine's imagination. As a result, readers will leave this series entry with the hope that many more will be forthcoming. *(Sept.)*
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Review

"Levine ratchets up the tension with each development but never neglects the heart of the story-his characters.... readers will leave this series entry with the hope that many more will be forthcoming." *Publishers Weekly*, starred review

*From the Paperback edition.* --.

"Levine ratchets up the tension with each development but never neglects the heart of the story-his characters.... readers will leave this series entry with the hope that many more will be forthcoming." *Publishers Weekly*, starred review --.