When an environmental activist freezes to death in August in Miami, it can only be a case for Jake Lassiter. Miami lawyer Jake Lassiter has a dangerous conflict of interest. He's sleeping with Gina Florio...and defending her mobster husband in court for the wrongful death of an environmental activist. The homicidal Nick Florio has hatched a scheme deep in the Florida Everglades that oozes corruption, blood, and money. One false move, and Jake will be gator bait. Living by his own rules, the savvy Lassiter battles a ...
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When an environmental activist freezes to death in August in Miami, it can only be a case for Jake Lassiter. Miami lawyer Jake Lassiter has a dangerous conflict of interest. He's sleeping with Gina Florio...and defending her mobster husband in court for the wrongful death of an environmental activist. The homicidal Nick Florio has hatched a scheme deep in the Florida Everglades that oozes corruption, blood, and money. One false move, and Jake will be gator bait. 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. "Irreverent...genuinely clever...great fun." - New York Times Book Review
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Levine is not real good at writing his female characters. THey do really bizarre, or stupid things and yet the men dont seem to find them all that odd. Also, he tries a bit too hard to be Hiassen. This is a decent book, not great.
dellawachtel
May 3, 2007
This was a Mortal Sin...
I have read numerous books by Paul Levine and while most of them were interesting mysteries, Mortal Sin was hardly memorable; in fact I cannot write an adequate review as I can hardly remember the story which I read only a few weeks ago!!! Sorry, Paul!!
