Riptide: Jake Lassiter Legal Thrillers, Book 5
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| Rating | : | 4.35 (607 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B071RFGS8J |
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| Number of Pages | : | 491 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-10-08 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
'Riptide' is Paul Levine's finest work!" - Ocala (FL) Star Banner"Levine handles his noir elements, especially his serpentine villains, with panache." - Publishers WeeklyDescription "A THRILLER AS FAST AS THE WIND" Someone rips off Jake Lassiter's favorite client, then kills an old pal Lassiter tracks the killer from Miami to Bimini to Maui And faces off with a famous female surfer and her lethal boyfriend. Fasten your seatbelt and get ready for a pedal-to-the-metal ride." - 5-star review "A lively and skilled caper." -- Los Angeles Times"Sparkles as a mystery and a character study." - South Florida Sun-Sentinel "One of the best mystery writers in the business today. The action never stops." - Denver Rocky Mountain News"A fast thrill ride with offbeat characters, humor, suspense and mayhem. The story fairly leaps with enthusiasm toward the finale. Review "LEVINE'S FINEST WORK!" "A tale involving drug smuggling and murder, windsurfing and murder, multi-million dollar thievery and murder. "A thriller as fast as the wind, a bracing rush as
The main character sets a disconnected, bored vibe from the beginning and never picks up steam. Dull reading. rich r I want to like the character in these books but something about Jake Lassiter, an ex-pro football linebacker turned lawyer, annoys me. He sounds tough, talks tough, is described as looking tough but his actions dictate otherwise. Mostly he seems disconnected and lazy. In this book he's working multiple cases, in constant danger and has fallen in love with an edgy criminal but he seems much more interested in windsurfing. The other stuff seems like boring necessities he forced to deal with in order to keep windsurfing on the weekends. I get the feeling that his heart isn't into it and I feel like I'm struggling along with himto finish t. RIPTIDE shows why Levine wins writing awards David Miller RIPTIDE is an excellent example of why Levine has been nominated (and won) multiple writing awards.It's also obvious Levine has spent a lot of time in south Florida, writing the culture of the area with genuine authority. Having lived there many years, it's fun to "go home" again for a while by reading Levine's LASSITER books.Excellent writing, super storytelling, and compelling situations make for a book that's well worth spending money on.. Short on story, long on extraneous descriptions that add nothing to the story. susu I really wanted to like this book. But, sadly, I did not. The basic story is a good one, but none of the characters are likeable; not even the "hero" who comes off as more of a dufus than a hero. He lets his imagination of a "pure woman" cloud his judgement as said woman is a soulless, stone cold killer. Also, I had to start skipping over the bad poetry scattered throughout the book and the long winded word pictures of the scenery and bits of history and how islands are formed and then sink back in the sea after a few thousand years just to get to the end of the book. The descriptions of the scenery were more poetic than the bad poetry