Paul Levine

The Genius and the Tramp Fight Fascists in 1930s Hollywood."Ingeniously pairs real-life friends Albert Einstein and Charlie Chaplin on a roller coaster ride to save America from a fascist threat within its borders." - Jacqueline Winspear, author of the Maisie Dobbs series. It's 1937 and clouds of war gather over Europe, and American fascists march at home. While the FBI chases suspected communists, Nazi agents plot an armed insurrection. When the world's two most famous men--Albert Einstein and Charlie Chaplin--uncover the scheme, which includes the assassination of Hollywood's biggest stars, they fight back with nothing but their ingenuity, raw courage, and the fierce resolve of Georgia Ann Robinson, LAPD's first Black female officer. A dangerous chase takes our heroes into the heart of darkness, a fascist encampment in the San Gabriel Mountains north of Los Angeles where a militia armed with machine guns plans its attack. Batten the hatches: it's brains versus brawn in an explosive, unforgettable finale. Praised by The New York Times for his "realistic, gritty, and fun" novels, Paul Levine delivers a wildly inventive thriller laced with humor and a larger-than-life cast, including Charles Lindbergh, Douglas Fairbanks, William Randolph Hearst, and Joseph Goebbels. Inspired by a true story. Learn more at paul-levine.com

From "Some Doo Wops And Those Rama Langa Ding Dongs" It was the 50s. Doo Wops fell from the sky, and we didn't even notice that they lit our path, yet made no sense, but instead, merely soothed the painful edges and left us with the confusion of the 60s and the life beyond yet to come. From "How Many Times Are You Going To Get Married" After my second divorce, my mother asked me, "How many times are you going to get married?" I didn't feel she was being sarcastic and so my response, "As many times as it takes," wasn't really called for. From "Coe and Larry" Coe sat at the kitchen table one morning staring at the back of the cereal box and turned up the volume of the new all-prayer radio station. She had been listing for two hours, waiting for something that would make it better. Ranging from coming of age and the difficulties of relationships, the stories in Coney Eyes are about the challenges of life, love, change, and becoming older.

When his godson suffers a catastrophic injury in a high school football game, lawyer Jake Lassiter sues to abolish the sport and becomes the most hated man in Miami. At the same time, the former NFL linebacker battles CTE, the fatal brain disease caused by repetitive head injuries. Complicating Lassiter's lawsuit and his health, his personal life hits a rocky patch. He's in couple's therapy with fianc e Dr. Melissa Gold and vows to live long enough to fix his relationship and achieve justice for his godson.

The Venice Literary Review is a book of short essays and musings about aging, the challenges of change, a move to Florida from New York during the pandemic, adjustment to a highly regulated gated community for retirees, diminishing physical abilities, memories of the past, and the struggles of being a writer.

During his lifetime E. L. Doctorow was a remarkable phenomenon among contemporary American novelists. He was a serious writer who was popular, a political writer who was a stylist, an original writer who was highly eclectic and an historical writer who invented the past. In this study, originally published in 1985, Paul Levine follows Doctorow’s progress as a novelist and traces the development of certain themes that recur in his work including the relationships between history and imagination, between high and popular culture and between political content and radical style. He also examines Doctorow’s notion of the writer as witness and actor and of writing as a subversive activity, two concerns which link him with important writers in Europe and Latin America. The book should provide a valuable and comprehensive coverage of his work to date, including the films of Ragtime and The Book of Daniel.

#1 BESTSELLING CRIME THRILLEROn the loose: an Internet stalker turned serial killer...Jake Lassiter follows clues from Miami to London...And gets framed for murder himself."Catch me if you can." The message on the bathroom mirror evokes Jack the Ripper. But the dead woman's computer points to a modern website where women spend solitary nights in steamy talk with lovelorn trolls, sometimes arranging real rendezvous that can lead to anything...even murder."Breathlessly exciting." - Cleveland Plain Dealer"Paul Levine is one of Florida's great writers, and Jake Lassiter is his greatest creation." - Dave Barry"Terrific. Levine, like Scott Turow and John Grisham before him, has created a really fun piece of fiction." - Miami Daily Review

A Jetliner Crashes in the Everglades. A Billion-Dollar Lawsuit: Negligence or Terrorism? The Defense: Kill Anyone, Even a Supreme Court Justice, to Win the Case. Supreme Court Justice Sam Truitt takes the bench with high ideals, lofty intentions...and a troubled marriage. Lisa Fremont, his stunning and brilliant law clerk, has a dark secret in her past. If Lisa doesn't get Truitt's vote in multi-million dollar case involving a catastrophic airplane crash, she'll be killed. IMPACT is a tale of seduction and betrayal, of passion and greed. Truitt, who has always followed the rules, and Lisa, who never has, join together to battle those who live by no law at all."Relentlessly entertaining." - New York Daily News

AN IMPOSSIBLE CASE? CALL JAKE LASSITER No witness? No evidence? No body? Big problem for new prosecutor Jake Lassiter Appointed to prosecute a high-profile murder case, the linebacker-turned-lawyer vows to take down a prominent surgeon accused of killing his wife. Problem is...there's not a scrap of forensic evidence, and the defense lawyers are the crafty team of Steve Solomon and Victoria Lord. Not only that, Lassiter's symptoms of CTE are threatening to cut short his career and disable him. Melissa Gold, his doctor and lover, performs experimental treatments intended to halt the advance of the incurable brain disease. Drained of his mental edge just when he needs it most, Lassiter faces the possibility of losing the case--and his life--in court. "BUM DEAL is the real deal. Jake Lassiter at his smart-talking, fast-thinking best. A funny, compelling and canny courtroom thriller." --Scott Turow, #1 New York Times bestselling author

"Thirty seconds after the jury announced its verdict, I decided to kill my client." That's Jake Lassiter whose client just beat a murder rap. Will Lassiter let him live long enough to enjoy it? Or will the lawyer really turn vigilante? Lassiter believes that NFL superstar Thunder Thurston, murdered his wife. But the jury said "not guilty." A lawyer is supposed to let it go. Not Lassiter. The ex-linebacker suffers from crushing headaches and a failing memory. His pals, squabbling law partners Steve Solomon and Victoria Lord, fear that all those concussions playing football caused the brain damage known as CTE. They try to help, but Lassiter resists. Can Solomon and Lord prevent Lassiter from becoming a murderer? Will Dr. Melissa Gold, a neuropathologist, be able to halt his decline? Or...is it game over for Lassiter's career and life?

A mysterious bar-girl goes missing from a South Beach club... A Russian gangster is shot dead... And Steve Solomon holds the smoking gun. Can Lassiter get Solomon off the hook? BUM RAP brings together Jake Lassiter with squabbling Miami lawyers Steve Solomon and Victoria Lord. In a tale filled with twists and turns, Lassiter digs deep into the underbelly of glitzy South Beach to defend a client who's not telling him the truth. "The pages fly by and the laughs keep coming in this irresistible South Florida romp. A delicious mix of thriller and comic crime novel." - Booklist (starred review) Who reads the Lassiter series? Fans of John Grisham, Harlan Coben, Sue Grafton, Scott Pratt, Carl Hiaasen, and Lisa Scottoline love the crackling courtroom drama, breathtaking suspense, intimate personal stories, and wicked humor, too. All the Jake Lassiter books are stand-alones that may be enjoyed in any order.

During his lifetime E. L. Doctorow was a remarkable phenomenon among contemporary American novelists. He was a serious writer who was popular, a political writer who was a stylist, an original writer who was highly eclectic and an historical writer who invented the past. In this study, originally published in 1985, Paul Levine follows Doctorow’s progress as a novelist and traces the development of certain themes that recur in his work including the relationships between history and imagination, between high and popular culture and between political content and radical style. He also examines Doctorow’s notion of the writer as witness and actor and of writing as a subversive activity, two concerns which link him with important writers in Europe and Latin America. The book should provide a valuable and comprehensive coverage of his work to date, including the films of Ragtime and The Book of Daniel.

"Relentlessly entertaining." -- New York Daily NewsA Jetliner Crashes in the Everglades.A Billion-Dollar Lawsuit: Negligence or Terrorism?The Defense: Kill Anyone, Even a Supreme Court Justice, to Win the Case.Supreme Court Justice Sam Truitt takes the bench with high ideals, lofty intentions...and a troubled marriage. Lisa Fremont, his stunning and brilliant law clerk, has a dark secret in her past. If Lisa doesn't get Truitt's vote in multi-million dollar case involving a catastrophic airplane crash, she'll be killed.IMPACT is a tale of seduction and betrayal, of passion and greed. Truitt, who has always followed the rules, and Lisa, who never has, join together to battle those who live by no law at all.

Jake Lassiter doesn't know much about art, but what he knows can get him killed. Jake's used to clients who lie - but it's usually to deny their guilt. When his old friend Francisco Crespo admits to brutally killing a fellow warehouse worker with a forklift truck, Jake is suspicious. With medical evidence suggesting that Crespo was unconscious at the time of the Russian worker's death, why is Crespo saying he did it? Refusing to accept Crespo's improbable guilty plea, Jake embarks on a quest for the truth that takes him to Havana in search of priceless Faberg eggs and an international theft ring that involves the CIA, Fidel Castro and the Russian Government. Soon realizing that nothing is as it seems, the ex-Miami Dolphins linebacker has a lot to contend with in this gritty thriller that sees him taking on a dangerous international conspiracy. PRAISE FOR FALSE DAWN "Realistic, gritty, fun." - New York Times Book Review "Enough twists and turns to satisfy Robert Ludlum fans." - Publishers Weekly "A highly entertaining yarn filled with wry humor."-- Detroit Free Press "Mystery writing at its very, very best." - Larry King, USA TODAY

★FROM THE AMAZON #1 BESTELLING AUTHOR★ THE #1 BESTSELLING CRIME THRILLER An Internet stalker turned serial killer...Jake Lassiter follows clues from Miami to London...And gets framed for murder himself. "Catch me if you can." The lipsticked message on the bathroom mirror evokes Jack the Ripper. But the dead woman's computer points to a modern website where women spend solitary nights in steamy talk with lovelorn trolls, sometimes arranging real rendezvous that can lead to anything...even murder. "Breathlessly exciting." - Cleveland Plain Dealer "Paul Levine is one of Florida's great writers, and Jake Lassiter is his greatest creation." - Dave Barry "Terrific. Levine, like Scott Turow and John Grisham before him, has created a really fun piece of fiction." - Miami Daily Review