Giveaway!
Solomon vs. Lord (full length Novel) or Solomon & Lord Sink or Swim (short story).
(Mobi or PDF version of Solomon vs. Lord and a mobi version of the short story “Sink or Swim”.)
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Paul Levine’s acclaimed series of thrillers
featuring lawyers Steve Solomon and Victoria Lord has several of the books from this suspenseful and humorous series nominated for the Edgar, Macavity, International Thriller and James
Thurber awards.
Paul Levine recently released all four books in the series --- Solomon vs. Lord, The Deep Blue Alibi, Kill All the Lawyers and Habeas Porpoise (formerly titled Trial & Error) --- in Kindle editions with brand-new cover art.
Paul Levine recently released all four books in the series --- Solomon vs. Lord, The Deep Blue Alibi, Kill All the Lawyers and Habeas Porpoise (formerly titled Trial & Error) --- in Kindle editions with brand-new cover art.
Some details on a few of the books in the series:
· Solomon vs. Lord: Trial
lawyer Victoria Lord, who follows every rule, and Steve Solomon, who
makes up his own, bicker and banter as they defend a beautiful young
woman, accused of killing her wealthy, older husband.
· The Deep Blue Alibi: Solomon
and Lord come together – and fly apart – defending Victoria’s “Uncle
Grif” on charges he killed a man with a speargun. It’s a case set in the
Florida Keys with side trips to coral reefs and a nudist colony where
all is more –and less – than it seems.
· Kill All the Lawyers: Just
what did Steve Solomon do to infuriate ex-client and ex-con “Dr.
Bill?” Did Solomon try to lose the case in which the TV shrink was
charged in the death of a woman patient?
· Habeas Porpoise (formerly titled Trial & Error): It starts with the kidnapping of a pair of trained dolphins and turns into a murder trial with Solomon and Lord on opposite sides after Victoria is appointed a special prosecutor, and fireworks follow!
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INTERVIEW WITH PAUL LEVINE, AUTHOR OF “SOLOMON VS. LORD”
(We recently talked to Paul Levine, author of the
“Solomon vs. Lord” legal thrillers. The
books were nominated for the Edgar, Macavity, International Thriller, and James
Thurber awards, and have just been released as Kindle Exclusives).
Q “Solomon vs. Lord” opens with the lyrics from an
old Frank Sinatra song called “But I Loved You.” That’s a little odd for a legal thriller,
isn’t it?
A: Would you like me to sing a verse?
Q: Only if you must.
A: “Opposites attract, the wise men
claim,
Still I
wish that we had been a little more the same,
It might
have been a shorter war.”
Q: So, is it a thriller with humor or a
mystery with romance?
A. A legal thriller with humor. A dramedy.
Q: If you had to compare the story to
earlier works...?
A: Shakespeare, of course.
Q: Of course.
A. Seriously. The ‘opposites attract’ set-up goes all the
way back to “The Taming of the Shrew.”
Then there’s Dashiell Hammett’s “The Thin Man.” “The Bickersons” on radio. “Moonlighting” on television. Two people love-hate each other. Life sizzles when they’re together, fizzles
when they’re apart.
Q: Let’s look at the book’s teaser:
“Victoria
Lord follows all the rules...
Steve
Solomon makes up his own...
When they
defend an accused murderer, they’ll either end up in
ruin, in jail, or in bed.”
Does that
leave anything out?
A: All the kinky sex.
Q: We’re not sure if you’re being serious.
A: Totally.
My working title was “Fifty Shades of Plaid.”
Q: One reviewer described the book as “Carl
Hiaasen meets John Grisham in the court of last retort.” Fair assessment?
A: I probably bring humor to my work because,
as a trial lawyer, I saw so much nuttiness in the courtroom.
Q: In “The Deep Blue Alibi,” there’s a chapter at a
Florida nudist resort. Is it fair to ask
how you researched the scene?
A: Like Jackie Chan, I do my own stunts.
Q: What about the title? Are you paying homage to John D. MacDonald’s
“The Deep Blue Good-Bye?”
A: “Homage?” That’s French for cheese, isn’t it?
Q: Now you’re being facetious.
A: That’s what they pay me for
Q: Let’s be serious. You’ve won the John D. MacDonald Fiction
award. You’re not denying his influence
on you.
A: After I moved to Florida, I read all of
MacDonald’s Travis McGee books. When I
wrote my first Jake Lassiter novel (“To Speak for the Dead”), one of my
first fan letters was from John D. MacDonald’s son. I think JDM nailed Florida’s weirdness and
corruption.
Q: Does that explain the title of your
third Solomon & Lord novel, “Kill All the Lawyers?” A combination of Shakespeare and MacDonald.
A: As lawyers constantly point out, that
line was spoken by a villain in “Henry VI.”
The guy wanted to overthrow the government, and killing all the lawyers
seemed like a good place to start.
Q: While we’re on the topic of titles–
A: Which you seem to be obsessed with.
A. I didn’t steal that one from
Shakespeare.
Q: Or anyone else. That would seem to be original.
A: Here’s the story. When Bantam published the book, my editors
rejected the title as too funny. Now,
the story opens with two highly trained dolphins being kidnapped by some
hapless animal rights people, so I thought “funny” was okay. But we settled on “Trial & Error” for the
book. When I got the rights back for
e-book publication, I restored the original name.
Q: Tell us about your background. Your education.
A: At Penn State, I majored in
journalism. At the University of Miami
Law School, I majored in the swimming pool.
Q: You’ve been a successful television
writer. What advice would you give to
people who want to break into Hollywood?
A: Marry a blood relative of Jerry
Bruckheimer or J.J. Abrams.
Q: Lacking that, when aspiring authors or
screenwriters sit down at the computer, what should they be writing?
A: Ransom notes, maybe? Look, it’s really hard to break into the
business. Some people suggest writing a
spec script. But that’s a tough route. Years ago, Elmore Leonard said, “Writing a
script and sending it to Hollywood is like drawing a picture of a car and
sending it to Detroit.” So I’d recommend
entry level positions as assistants or script readers. In the TV business, assistants sometimes
manage to sell a script to the show they’re working on.
Q: Any last words about “Solomon vs. Lord?”
A: I wasn’t kidding about the kinky sex.
More information on Paul Levine’s website: http://www.paul-levine.com
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