The Jake Lassiter Series

To Speak for the Dead – The First Lassiter Mystery

The first in the series, To Speak for the Dead introduces Miami trial lawyer and ex-linebacker Jake Lassiter, who has an uncanny knack for digging up the truth – and the trouble that usually comes with it. In his first outing, Lassiter must defend orthopedic surgeon Dr. Roger Salisbury against a charge of medical malpractice in a routine case that takes a sinister turn. To Speak for the Dead was adapted into an NBC movie in 1995, under the title Lassiter: Justice on the Bayou.

Night Vision

Sexual mysteries abound in Night Vision, which sees Jake Lassiter navigating his way through a tangled web of lies and corruption to uncover what happened to a woman whose killer left a tantalizing lipsticked message on the bathroom mirror. With the help of a brilliant female psychiatrist with a dark secret in her past, Lassiter investigates in his role as special prosecutor, and follows a twisted path to the streets of London, where Jack the Ripper once roamed.

False Dawn

Jake Lassiter doesn’t know much about art, but what he knows can get him killed. False Dawn sees Lassiter refusing to accept a “guilty” plea from a warehouse worker charged with killing a colleague with a forklift truck. His quest for the truth takes him to Havana on the trail of priceless Fabergé eggs and an international theft ring involving the CIA, Fidel Castro, and the Russian Government.

Mortal Sin

Jake Lassiter gets himself into deep water in Mortal Sin, but “They don’t call us sharks for our ability to swim.” He’s sleeping with Gina Florio while defending her mob-connected, homicidal husband in a wrongful death suit. Living by his own rules, the savvy Lassiter battles a world of deceit, perversity and mayhem to risk body and soul for truth, justice and the Lassiter Way.

Riptide

In a journey that begins in Miami and ends in Maui, an angry Jake Lassiter goes on the trail of $1.6 million in negotiable bonds ripped off from his favorite client, octogenarian Sam Kazdoy. The hunt for clues leads him to a sinister professional windsurfer and his companion Lila Summers, a lethal femme fatale. Riptide was published as a hardcover under the title Slashback.

Fool Me Twice

A grisly murder case takes Jake Lassiter from the beaches of Miami to the slopes of Aspen in his greatest challenge yet. Fool Me Twice sees Lassiter become the prime suspect in the murder of an associate. His neck is on the line if he doesn’t find the killer, but a mysterious ex-girlfriend and a dangerous rancher with a nail gun stand in his way.

Flesh & Bones

Jake Lassiter faces an ethical dilemma in the outstanding legal thriller Flesh & Bones. “How far would I go for a woman who mattered? Is there anything I wouldn’t do to win?” Flesh & Bones follows Lassiter as he battles with his emotions in the case of Chrissy Bernhardt, a beautiful young model in the dock for the murder of her father.

LASSITER

A dark secret in Jake’s past comes back to haunt him in Lassiter. It’s a tale of rough justice and revenge that sees the hard-boiled lawyer on a mission to uncover the facts about the disappearance 18 years previously of a runaway teen turned porn star.

LAST CHANCE LASSITER

With his personal life in chaos, Jake Lassiter must fight overwhelming odds to represent Cadillac Johnson, an aging rhythm and blues musician who claims his greatest song was stolen by a top-of-the-charts hip-hop artist. Last Chance Lassiter is the prequel to the first novel in the Jake Lassiter series, To Speak for the Dead.

STATE vs. LASSITER

Life is good on glitzy South Beach for Jake Lassiter – until he’s charged with first-degree murder. When money goes missing from his client trust accounts, Jake suspects his banker, Pamela – who also happens to be his lover. They argue in front of witnesses, and hours later, she’s strangled with Jake’s belt in his hotel room. With all the evidence pointing to Jake, how will he prove his innocence?