- Paperback: 304 pages
- Publisher: Coronet Books; New edition edition (19 Sep 1991)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0340551348
- ISBN-13: 978-0340551349
- Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,304,260 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Roger Salisbury, a prominent surgeon, is accused of malpractice when a patient dies after surgery. Only after his acquittal does his lawyer, Jake Lassiter, find information suggesting that Salisbury was having an affair with the patient's wife. Lassiter needs all his skills to unravel the mystery.
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Format:Kindle Edition
If there's an English writer Levine reminds me of, it would have to be the late John Mortimer. Witty and gritty. As for Americans, I read John Grisham, Scott Turow, Steve Martini, Lisa Scottoline, Linda Fairstein and other writers of legal thrillers. I'm also a lawyer, so I'm a stickler for authenticity. TO SPEAK FOR THE DEAD is maybe my favorite courtroom novel of all time. It combines suspense with humor and the trial scenes are on-the-money. Jake Lassiter is real to me because he's not a goody-two-shoes lawyer. He's flawed but tough and he'll do anything, including rob a grave, to get evidence. If I'm ever accused of murder, I'm going to hire Lassiter. I've also read the sequel, NIGHT VISION, which delves deeper into Lassiter's past and involves a serial killer on the Internet. Highly recommended. I'm a fan of the entire Lassiter series, including NIGHT VISION (The Jake Lassiter Series) and REVERSAL a book outside the series involving a plot to fix a case at the United States Supreme Court.
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Enjoyed this book, got it as a cheap download and gave it a go. If you read the Leo Waterman series from GM Ford and liked them you'll while away a few enjoyable hours with this.
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I bought this book in its kindle addition as part of an unfortunate splurge on new books on first getting my kindle, the low price being a prime factor.
But I was pleasantly surprised when I got round to reading it. Well plotted, a good mix of thrills, humour and seriousness, some likeable characters, quirky oddballs and villains, lots of narrative momentum and very good courtroom scenes. And not badly written either. I am not sure about some of the comparisons that have been made eg to Rumpole, but I was reminded of Carl Hiassen without the environmental high horse, and to G M Ford who writes similar sorts of books.
In summary good stuff. I've bought a few more cheaply priced thrillers by Paul Levine and am now quite looking forward to reading them.
But I was pleasantly surprised when I got round to reading it. Well plotted, a good mix of thrills, humour and seriousness, some likeable characters, quirky oddballs and villains, lots of narrative momentum and very good courtroom scenes. And not badly written either. I am not sure about some of the comparisons that have been made eg to Rumpole, but I was reminded of Carl Hiassen without the environmental high horse, and to G M Ford who writes similar sorts of books.
In summary good stuff. I've bought a few more cheaply priced thrillers by Paul Levine and am now quite looking forward to reading them.
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