Steve Solomon and Victoria Lord are back in a free short story. Steve says he's going fishing with Manuel Cruz, a guy who stole a bundle from Steve’s favorite client. Which is when Victoria learns her law partner has an unorthodox method of negotiating a settlement. The Solomon and Lord novels have been nominated for the Edgar, Macavity, James Thurber and International Thriller Awards.



"LEGAL THRILLERS SHOULDN'T BE THIS MUCH FUN!"

Victoria Lord follows all the rules...
Steve Solomon makes up his own...
Defending a murder trial, they'll either end up in ruin, in jail...or in bed.

Steve Solomon is the sharpest lawyer to barely graduate from law school. Victoria Lord toils for an ambitious D.A., before Solomon gets her fired. Thrown together, they defend a sexy young widow charged with killing her kinky husband in Miami's steamiest trial of the century.

"Hiaasen meets Grisham in the court of last retort. A sexy, wacky, wonderful thriller with humor and heart." - Harlan Coben



They are Florida’s most mismatched legal duo—one a glamorous Miami blue blood, the other a Coconut Grove beach bum. And when they get together, you can throw every law right out the window....


What do you get when you mix beautiful people, family secrets, and a yacht washed up on Sunset Key with a hundred grand in cash and a dying man? If you’re Steve Solomon, you see a case that can get Solomon & Lord off the ground. If you’re Victoria Lord, you see a golden opportunity to go out on your own. With her uncle a murder suspect and her hunky ex-boyfriend back in the picture, Victoria is pushing to take control as Solomon struggles to keep from losing it.


As an explosive trial looms, they’re fighting against time, the law, and each other—to expose a killer who came to paradise...and hasn’t left.

### From Publishers Weekly

Levine's second light legal thriller to feature by-the-book Florida attorney Victoria Lord and her partner/lover, bypass-the-book Steve Solomon, isn't quite up to the level of its predecessor, *Solomon vs. Lord* (2005), but it's still a smart, enjoyable page-turner. Hal Griffin, an entrepreneur and onetime business partner of Victoria's late father, stands accused of murdering an EPA official with a speargun. There's plenty of evidence pointing to Griffin's guilt, and it's up to Victoria to prove his innocence. Spurning Steve's help, she begins an investigation that leads her to uncover long hidden family secrets. Meanwhile, Steve delves into his own family history as he attempts to discover the truth behind his father's scandalous suspension from the Florida judicial bench. Levine once again supplies plenty of quirky characters and witty banter between Steve and Victoria. *(Jan. 31)*
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*Did Steve Solomon tank a trial while representing a celebrity psychiatrist?

Just out of prison, the shrink thinks so and threatens Steve's life...

Victoria Lord, Steve's partner, tries to help...and becomes the target!*

"Wonderfully entertaining. There are belly laughs and the suspenseful moments will grab you by the throat. The courtroom scenes are brilliant." - BookLoons.com



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!”