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Type of bind: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN num: 9780440242765
ISBN number: 0440242762
Label: Bantam
Manufacturer: Bantam
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 288
Printing Date: May 29, 2007
Publishing house: Bantam
Release Date: May 29, 2007
Sale Popularity Level: 235825
Studio: Bantam
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When Steve Solomon is awakened from a sound sleep beside his lover and law partner, Victoria Lord, the last thing he expects is to find himself in a high-speed chase against dolphin-kidnapping ecoterrorists on Jet Skis. But that is what you get when your nephew hangs out at water parks and speaks cetacean–a.k.a. dolphin. By morning, a person is dead and Steve has a new client: none other than one of the animal liberators. There’s just one loophole: Victoria is on the case too—on the opposite side.
No wonder Larry King says that this is “mystery writing at its very best” and Dave Barry says Paul Levine writes a terrific courtroom drama that’s also funny as hell!”
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If you are looking for the kind of legal thrillers that keep you up reading late into the night or on the edge of your seat, this is not the book for you. But if you want a lighter, more humorous book with a little legal thriller mixed in, you will probably enjoy this book.
The Solomon vs. Lord novels are much more like a modern version of the old Hepburn-Tracy movie "Adam's Rib" than the typical legal thriller. Yes, there is a case and the pair work together (though on opposite sides) to solve it. But the book is really about the relationship between Steve, Victoria, and Steve's nephew Bobby. And Steve's crazy, completely unprofessional antics.
I enjoyed this book (and the previous Solomon vs. Lord novels I've read), but not as much as I enjoyed Paul Levine's earlier Jake Lassiter series. If you have not read them, I highly encourage you to read them starting with "To Speak For The Dead," the very first book in that series. It is also set in the Miami area with great characters and page-turning writing.
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Paul Levine is one of my favorite contemporary authors because he understands human foibles and that life needs a sense of humor. Everytime I pick up one of his books, I imagine the days of variety shows and TV series' like M*A*S*H and Cheers where witty lines were blistering across the stage at light speed. Plus, Levine doesn't play the politically correct angle (see Patterson). It's a dysfunctional cast that functions very ably. His characters seem real, and his dialog is smooth. There's no point in a plot review, just do yourself a favor and read any of his Solomon V. Lord series and you will be satisfied. Good job Paul, keep 'em coming. You can also check out my historical fiction novel called: Jamestown: Journey Back in Time
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Strangers write me and say I am the funniest word hack they have ever read. If I had a nickel for every time I've been chastised for making someone spit all over their keyboard, blow soda through their nose and onto their monitor, tumble off their chair, etc... I'd be wealthy and drunk right now on a warm beach.
Soloman vs. Lord makes me laugh. Consistently.
I don't care who you are, man or woman, you cannot help but enjoy these novels. There are four now, and each one is excellent.
One of the funniest writers working today!
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Lord and Solomon are back, and with them comes some much-needed humor. The courtroom scenes are entertaining, and are the highlight of this 4th entry in the series. The mystery itself isn't much of a mystery, and gets solved without any great danger to anyone. The focus is on the relationships between Victoria, Stephen, and Bobby. If you are a parent of a little leaguer, you'll especially enjoy the subplot revolving around Bobby's team, and Bobby's efforts to not stink.
Light reading, but a pleasure.
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After writing a set of fun books featuring lawyer Jake Lassiter, Paul Levine seemed to disappear for years; finally, a couple years back, he returned with his Solomon vs. Lord books, featuring Steve Solomon (in many ways, a slightly more responsible version of Lassiter) and his lover/law partner Victoria Lord. Trial & Error is the fourth novel in this series and it is as good as the others.
In this novel, Solomon gets involved with stopping animal liberator Gerald Nash out to free a couple dolphins from a water park. It'd be a minor crime except one of the Nash's partners was killed and now Nash is charged with murder. Despite his involvement with the initial arrest, Solomon winds up being Nash's lawyer.
Unfortunately, Nash is related to the State Attorney, so an independent prosecutor is required, and ex-prosecutor Lord is recruited. Neither Solomon nor Lord will back off, so the two lovers are pitted against each other in court. Solomon's aggressive, bend-the-rules approach to trials is completely different from Lord's intelligent by-the-book methods. (In fact, their very first contest against each other, in the book Solomon vs. Lord, wound up completely flattening her.)
Though they share the billing, it is clear that Solomon is the central character of these books. As with the earlier books, the formula is essentially the same: two polar-opposite personalities fight over their approaches to a crime until they work together to bring about a solution. It is Levine's strength that he can make this formula repeatedly work, though he will eventually need to develop things further to keep things from getting stale. In Trial & Error, however, things remain fresh and this is an entertaining addition to the series.
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