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Former attorney and reporter Levine delivers a funny, fast-paced legal thriller, his first since 1998's 9 Scorpions. Circumstances conspire to force two Florida lawyers with opposing personalities--by-the-book Victoria Lord and anything-goes Steve Solomon--into working together as the defense attorneys for Katrina Barksdale, a "grieving" widow who's been charged with murdering her wealthy husband during a kinky sexcapade. This basic plot is nothing new, but Levine keeps things fresh by injecting the story with interesting subplots and a full roster of quirky, lovable characters, perhaps the best of whom is Bobby, Solomon's autistic savant nephew, who has a photographic memory and a penchant for making defaming anagrams out of people's names. While Levine's two protagonists may not be Tracy and Hepburn, the barbed dialogue that flies between them makes for some genuine laugh-out-loud moments. Fans of Carl Hiaasen and Dave Barry (who supplies a blurb) will enjoy this humorous Florida crime romp.
Former attorney and reporter Levine delivers a funny, fast-paced legal thriller, his first since 1998's 9 Scorpions. Circumstances conspire to force two Florida lawyers with opposing personalities--by-the-book Victoria Lord and anything-goes Steve Solomon--into working together as the defense attorneys for Katrina Barksdale, a "grieving" widow who's been charged with murdering her wealthy husband during a kinky sexcapade. This basic plot is nothing new, but Levine keeps things fresh by injecting the story with interesting subplots and a full roster of quirky, lovable characters, perhaps the best of whom is Bobby, Solomon's autistic savant nephew, who has a photographic memory and a penchant for making defaming anagrams out of people's names. While Levine's two protagonists may not be Tracy and Hepburn, the barbed dialogue that flies between them makes for some genuine laugh-out-loud moments. Fans of Carl Hiaasen and Dave Barry (who supplies a blurb) will enjoy this humorous Florida crime romp.
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For me this book did nothing. Bad boy meets nice girl...confrontation begins. When I get a book about courtroom trials, I want to follow the action leading up to the trial without all the silly romance. It was predictable and boring.
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THE SOLOMON SERIES IS PRETTY QUIRKY. I ENJOYED THEM VERY MUCH
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Probably the best lawyer book I've ever read.......very
funny Courtroom drama with plenty of romance thrown in.
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Excellent. A court room story with a Moonlighting feel.
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A great book! Can't wait to read the next one in the series!
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Loved the book! Good fun story. Great characters, well developed. Flawed people you care about. All crisply written with wit, humor and love. Couldn't wait to start the second book (Kill All the Lawyers).
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This is a book I highly recommend. Two lawyers who can't stand one another but are attracted to one another at the same time. Underlying the story is a great courtroom thriller.
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Solomon vs. Lord is one of the funniest, laugh-out-loud books that I have read in a long time. This novel features a criminal trial at which a talking parrot is called upon to testify, lots of avocados, an idiot savant who makes anagrams out of the names of everyone he meets, and a murder mystery. Paul Solomon and Victoria Lord, both lawyers, are the main characters. The opening scene finds them held for contempt in adjacent jail cells, and from that moment on, the tension and energy of their love/hate relationship makes the novel sizzle. Fans of John Grisham or Carl Hiaasen should try some of Paul Levine’s novels.
great book -enjoyed it throughly fast paced but not to fast so that you have to go back and reread certain parts - right balance of humour, crime and a little romance thrown in for good measure reminds me of a less funny more drama less blood carl hiassen
Thoroughly enjoyed. Want to read more of this author after reading Solomon Vs Lord
Marcia L. (Steve Solomon is the sharpest lawyer wver to barely graduate from Key West School of Law. Victoria Lord is fresh from Yale, toiling for a ambitious D.A. and engaged.
When these two take on the steamiest murder trial of the century, the case is sure tomake headlines scream===and sparks fly. Now with Solomon inventing his own laws and Lord sticking to the real ones, they most solve the case before they end up in ruin, in jail.....or in love.
This is not only a thriller it is also a funny romantic relationship.
Steve Solomon is the sharpest lawyer ever to barely graduate from Key West School of Law. Victoria Lord is fresh from Yale, toiling for an ambitious D.A., and engaged. When these two take on the steamiest murder trial of the century, the case is sure to make headlines scream - and sparks fly. Now, with Solomon inventing his laws and Lord sticking to the real ones, they must solve the case before they end up in ruin, in jail...or in bed.
Wonderful read. The verbal sparring between the attorneys is classic.
Melissa E. (They are both lawyers, but they interpret the law very differently. She's a ruler follower, he's a rule breaker. She is a prosecuting attorney. He is a defense attorney. She is prim and proper in the courtroom. He acts like a madman in front of the jury. They infuriate and exasperate one another. And yet, since they day they were both thrown in jail for contempt, they haven't been able to stop thinking about each other. Solomon vs. Lord is a comedy, thriller, drama and romance novel all wrapped up in one. I loved it!
Bought it at the pharmacy waiting to get a prescription refilled. Read the first few chapters there, and have never wanted to pick it back up. A silly beach read, maybe.
loved, loved, loved these characters!!!! Can't wait to read the next one.
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