Lawyer Jake Lassiter is defending Florida real estate developer Nicky Florio in a civil suit regarding an environmentalist's death at a poolside party. While Lassiter has doubts that the death was accidental, he also worries about the possible conflict of interest involved in sleeping with his client's wife, Gina. After Lassiter wins the case, he is sucked into the machinations of Florio and Gina and finds himself witness to a beheading, accused of embezzlement and murder, and on the run. Indian rights, animal rights, and slimy politicians and lawyers all surface in this fourth Lassiter novel. Permeated with cynicism and the corruption of South Florida that recall the work of Carl Hiaasen, this thriller races to a smashing climax.
Trial lawyer and former Dolphins linebacker Jake Lassiter feels obligated to defend the slimy, mob-connected Florio in the ensuing wrongful death suite -- partially because Lassiter is sleeping with his new client's wife. But the accused has his hands buried in even nastier stuff than the suspiciously timely demise of a nosy "tree-hugger." And Jake's involvement is about to make him an unwitting partner in a shady Everglades development scheme that oozes corruption, blood and money. And if he doesn't like it, he can tell it to the alligators.