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The Deep Blue Alibi (Solomon vs. Lord #2)
by
Paul Levine (Goodreads Author)
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...more
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...more
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(first published 2006)
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This sequel to Solomon vs. Lord is as funny and interesting as the first book. She's ivy-league-law-review-pearl-earrings-couture-clothes-and-good-breeding and he's a Jimmy-Buffett-parrothead-immature-slacker lawyer. He's got tricks up his sleeve and she's earnest and idealistic. When they met it was sparks and passion. Now they've been together for awhile and she feels their differences keenly. He's an uncomplicated guy and pretty clueless when it comes to women (who aren't strippers or whores)...more
): This book is touted as “Hiaasen meets Grisham.” The only comparisons to Hiaasen that I could see are it’s location in the Florida Keys and a sense of humor. The only common ground with Grisham is that it’s about lawyers. Paul Levine has a writing style of his own, miles away from wacky, yet infused with good humor. Levine’s characters are the people that Grisham and Hiaasen, Dorsey, et al. have been sniggering at.
Steve Solomon was a difficult sell as the male romantic lead, embodying too many...more
Steve Solomon was a difficult sell as the male romantic lead, embodying too many...more
Enjoyed this book very much. Maybe not quite as good as Solomon vs. Lord, but very close. The two main characters are great, and the secondary characters are well defined. The mystery was very good and kept me guessing until the end. The book spent a lot of time on Steve Solomon's relationship with his father and his father's background. He was trying to get his dad's license to practive law restored, but his father was opposed, which led Steve to investigate his father's time as a judge and his...more
Paul Levine, who set up the Bickersons-at-law pairing of Miami legal shark Steve Solomon and by-the-book ex-prosecutor Victoria Lord in the book "Solomon vs. Lord," takes his dueling duo down to the Keys and out to sea for their second outing.
All in all, it's a more successful and coherent book that results as the pair struggles with past scandals involving their own parents as well as a tricky murder case.
The case focuses on their representation of an unscrupulous developer who's the sole sur...more
All in all, it's a more successful and coherent book that results as the pair struggles with past scandals involving their own parents as well as a tricky murder case.
The case focuses on their representation of an unscrupulous developer who's the sole sur...more
May 18, 2008
Barb Radmore
rated it
5 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
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The second book of the series starts with a flying yacht and ends with an exploding boat. Victoria is happy to be reuniting with her Uncle Grif, a friend of her parents. But she quickly turns from family friend to family lawyer when he is accused of murder. The trial brings her back in contact with his son, her sweetheart from childhood, the man both families thought she might marry. Steve instantly loathes the gorgeous athletic man from her past. The tension of the past and the trial combine to...more
The Deep Blue Alibi is the sequel to Solomon vs. Lord. In the first book readers met Victoria Lord, an uptight by the book kind of lawyer, who through a series of hilarious twists and bizarre turns finds herself partnered with Steve Solomon, another lawyer who plays by his own rules, to defend a murder case. As the team have almost no evidence, they have to be rather creative in their defence.
In this book, Steve Solomon and Victoria Lord are preparing for another very difficult murder case. In...more
In this book, Steve Solomon and Victoria Lord are preparing for another very difficult murder case. In...more
Feb 23, 2008
Johnny
rated it
4 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Recommended to Johnny by:
David Wilson
Shelves:
mystery
Except for the fact that this isn't Levine's "second" novel (just the second in the series), I would claim that this book suffers from "second novel syndrome." For those unfamiliar with this turn of phrase, I first heard it when a friend of mine received a severe critique from the late Lester Del Rey. Lester insisted that authors have a tendency to craft and hone their first novels so carefully because they have all that time to work while they're relative unknowns. Then, once their first book h...more
This series is perhaps not as cute as it aspires to be. Over a real mystery is laid a layer of humor and offbeat characters. But it tends to slip from amusing witty banter to cartoonish silliness. Still I have to give some credit for Solomon's Law #7: "When meeting an ex-girlfriend you dumped, always assume she's armed."
Second in the Solomon vs Lord series, about a couple of lawyers that are also lovers. If you like mysteries, legal thrillers and some comedy mixed in, you'll like this series. Best way to describe it is this - if you combined John Grisham with Carl Hiaasen, what would you get? Paul Levine and his Solomon vs. Lord novels, that's what!
This was a fun installment in the Solomon vs. Lord series. The banter between Steve and Victoria had zip and zing. Bobby, Herb, and Irene were featured in The Deep Blue Alibi. I also liked the introduction of the Griffins. It was nice to see both Steve and Victoria develop as characters and learn to compromise with each other.
10/15/07
TITLE/AUTHOR: DEEP BLUE ALIBI by Paul Levine
RATING: 4.5/B+
GENRE/PUB DATE/# OF PGS: Suspense/2006/467 pgs
SERIES/STAND ALONE: #2 in Solomon vs. Lord series
TIME/PLACE: Present/South FL
CHARACTERS: Steve Solomon & Victoria Lord -- attorneys
FIRST LINES: "Forget it, Steve. I'm not having sex in the ocean." "C'mon," he pleaded. "Be adventurous." "It's undignified and unsanitary. Maybe even illegal." "It's the Keys, Vic. Nothing's illegal."
COMMENTS: MOTB discussion book. Quick paced, fun re...more
TITLE/AUTHOR: DEEP BLUE ALIBI by Paul Levine
RATING: 4.5/B+
GENRE/PUB DATE/# OF PGS: Suspense/2006/467 pgs
SERIES/STAND ALONE: #2 in Solomon vs. Lord series
TIME/PLACE: Present/South FL
CHARACTERS: Steve Solomon & Victoria Lord -- attorneys
FIRST LINES: "Forget it, Steve. I'm not having sex in the ocean." "C'mon," he pleaded. "Be adventurous." "It's undignified and unsanitary. Maybe even illegal." "It's the Keys, Vic. Nothing's illegal."
COMMENTS: MOTB discussion book. Quick paced, fun re...more
#2 in the Solomon & Lord series, and every bit a good as the first in the series. Enjoy the trip down to Key West and all the characters that live in Paradise as well as an explosive trial and some "stormy" seas between Solomon and Lord! It will keep you guessing right to the end.
I thoroughly enjoyed Paul Levine's second book in this series as well as the first--which is unusual. His writing is simply hiliarias and I literally laughed out loud... So good for the soul. It's a great book for the men in our life too. Fun to read and laugh together!
Second in the Solomon vs Lord series...couple of lawyers that are also lovers...part mystery, part legal thriller, part comedy...best way to describe it is Grisham meets Hiaasen
This is my first time reading this author and I like him. His story is quipy yet believeable. Will likely finish today and will probably pick up another Solomon vs Lord series.
Good read -- funny when Solomon and Lord end up at a nudist resort with her mother "the queen" and her uncle and ex-boyfirend.
I agree with several other readers that this one isn't quite as good as Solomon vs. Lord but still good. I'd give it a 3.5.
Wonderful book. Because of the well written, exciting stories and the delightful chemistry between Steve and Victoria, these Solomon vs. Lord books would make a terrific TV series.
One of my favorite authors! I truly enjoy the Solomon vs. Lord series and the way Paul brings the characters to life!
Aug 17, 2009
TheIron Paw
rated it
3 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
crime-mystery,
just-for-fun
Not as funny as Levine's first "Solomon vs Lord" book but with perhaps a better mystery to it. Still a very good read.
The Deep blue Alibi was a great summer read. The book was funny a lot like Jant Evanovich type books. I enjoyed the odd charactors. Just a fun read and I quess I was in the mood for it.
very good, but I didn't enjoy it as much as the first novel in the series
Kinda fun! Light, but interesting. I enjoyed it.
I enjoyed this story as much as Levine's first, Solomon vs. Lord. The characters are entertaining, wondrously flawed and quite humorous. Add in a little courtroom drama and mystery and it's delightful.
Intriguing mystery to enjoy.
ereader ebook
Good sequel... Can't wait to read the next two...
8/12/12
Great book. I would give a 5 star if the author trimmed down the swear words.
I read this one on my kindle so I was somewhere between a quarter and halfway through and I became really annoyed because it seemed that this book centered around how many arguments Steve and Victoria could get into and the case was completely in the background. That annoyed feeling didn't go away. I decided that the only way I was going to get rid of that feeling was to get rid of this book. Didn't finish.
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The author of 17 novels, Paul Levine won the John D. MacDonald fiction award and was nominated for the Edgar, Macavity, International Thriller, and James Thurber prizes.
A former Miami trial lawyer, he also wrote more than 20 episodes of the CBS military drama “JAG” and co-created the Supreme Court drama “First Monday” starring James Garner and Joe Mantegna.
The critically acclaimed international...more
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A former Miami trial lawyer, he also wrote more than 20 episodes of the CBS military drama “JAG” and co-created the Supreme Court drama “First Monday” starring James Garner and Joe Mantegna.
The critically acclaimed international...more
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“Solomon's Laws:
8. If a guy who's smart, handsome, and rich invites you and your girlfriend to a nudist club...chances are he's got a giant shmeckel.”
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