http://www.bookgasm.com/reviews/mystery/the-deep-blue-alibi/ reading material to get excited about Wed, 03 Dec 2008 20:51:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 http://www.bookgasm.com/reviews/mystery/the-deep-blue-alibi/#comment-5830 Kill All the Lawyers » Bookgasm Wed, 13 Sep 2006 12:02:28 +0000 http://www.bookgasm.com/?p=374#comment-5830 [...] I like Paul Levine and his series of Solomon vs. Lord legal thrillers, of which KILL ALL THE LAWYERS is the third (the first two, SOLOMON VS. LORD and THE DEEP BLUE ALIBI, were both reviewed here positively). His cast of characters includes Steve Solomon, a charming but reckless defense lawyer who plays by his own set of rules, and the counterfoil and love of his life, Victoria Lord, who plays by the rules and is fairly strict about them. Sure, it’s clichéd and we’ve seen this dynamic a hundred times, but Levine works some charm into it and adds the complication of Steven’s nephew, Bobby, who is half-genius, half-damaged from a horrifying upbringing. [...] [...] I like Paul Levine and his series of Solomon vs. Lord legal thrillers, of which KILL ALL THE LAWYERS is the third (the first two, SOLOMON VS. LORD and THE DEEP BLUE ALIBI, were both reviewed here positively). His cast of characters includes Steve Solomon, a charming but reckless defense lawyer who plays by his own set of rules, and the counterfoil and love of his life, Victoria Lord, who plays by the rules and is fairly strict about them. Sure, it’s clichéd and we’ve seen this dynamic a hundred times, but Levine works some charm into it and adds the complication of Steven’s nephew, Bobby, who is half-genius, half-damaged from a horrifying upbringing. [...]

]]> http://www.bookgasm.com/reviews/mystery/the-deep-blue-alibi/#comment-2686 Marked Man » Bookgasm Wed, 31 May 2006 13:08:53 +0000 http://www.bookgasm.com/?p=374#comment-2686 [...] If I start liking somewhat unethical lawyer characters like those in Paul Levine’s THE DEEP BLUE ALIBI and now William Lashner’s MARKED MAN, I’m going to have to revise my Hierarchy of Despisement™ to move reporters to the bottom of the list instead of legal beagles. It is true that Lashner’s series protagonist, Victor Carl, certainly has an illicit and devious mind, but he also has that clichéd heart of gold and a relentless drive just not to get results, but the right result. [...] [...] If I start liking somewhat unethical lawyer characters like those in Paul Levine’s THE DEEP BLUE ALIBI and now William Lashner’s MARKED MAN, I’m going to have to revise my Hierarchy of Despisement™ to move reporters to the bottom of the list instead of legal beagles. It is true that Lashner’s series protagonist, Victor Carl, certainly has an illicit and devious mind, but he also has that clichéd heart of gold and a relentless drive just not to get results, but the right result. [...]

]]> http://www.bookgasm.com/reviews/mystery/the-deep-blue-alibi/#comment-378 Bookgasm » BOOK WHORE >> 1.31.06 Tue, 31 Jan 2006 12:59:14 +0000 http://www.bookgasm.com/?p=374#comment-378 [...] • Miles away from that universe is THE DEEP BLUE ALIBI, Paul Levine’s immediate sequel to SOLOMON VS. LORD, the dueling-lawyers mystery that seems like it just came out last week. And before you blink – okay, August – he’ll have the third installment out, called KILL ALL THE LAWYERS. Now there’s a concept we can get behind. We’ll have a review of ALIBI ready in, oh … five days ago. [...] [...] • Miles away from that universe is THE DEEP BLUE ALIBI, Paul Levine’s immediate sequel to SOLOMON VS. LORD, the dueling-lawyers mystery that seems like it just came out last week. And before you blink – okay, August – he’ll have the third installment out, called KILL ALL THE LAWYERS. Now there’s a concept we can get behind. We’ll have a review of ALIBI ready in, oh … five days ago. [...]

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