Jake Lassiter Books in Order

Jake Lassiter takes what looks like a medical malpractice defense and finds himself in a far dirtier fight. Sex, money, and a suspicious death turn a courtroom case into a dangerous first outing.

As a special prosecutor, Jake hunts the killer of a woman who left behind a lipstick clue and a trail of lies. A brilliant psychiatrist and a shadowy link to London pull him into increasingly risky ground.

Jake refuses to accept an easy guilty plea in a warehouse death and starts digging for the real story. The search leads from Miami to Havana, into art theft, politics, and deadly international secrets.

Jake is secretly involved with Gina Florio while defending her mob-connected husband in a wrongful death suit. Desire, deception, and Miami corruption make this one of his messiest cases.

When an elderly client loses $1.6 million in bonds, Jake follows the money from Miami to Maui. A slick windsurfer and a lethal woman keep turning a recovery job into a trap.

Jake becomes the prime suspect when an associate is found murdered in his own house. To clear his name, he has to outmaneuver an old flame, a dangerous rancher, and a case that stretches from Miami to Aspen.

Jake defends a young model accused of killing her father and quickly learns the facts are tangled with emotion. The case forces him to ask how far he will bend his own rules for someone he wants to believe.

An old disappearance comes roaring back when Jake digs into the case of a runaway teen who later became a porn star. What starts as unfinished business turns into a rough, personal hunt for truth.

In this prequel, Jake represents aging rhythm and blues singer Cadillac Johnson, who says his best song was stolen by a hit-making rapper. It is a music rights case with heart, grit, and Jake under heavy personal strain.

Jake goes from defense lawyer to murder defendant when his banker lover is found strangled in his hotel room. With stolen trust money pointing his way, he has to solve the case before the state buries him.

Steve Solomon is arrested for murder, the key witness vanishes, and Victoria Lord turns to Jake Lassiter for help. Russian mob pressure and sparks between Jake and Victoria make the defense anything but simple.

Jake wins an acquittal for NFL star Thunder Thurston, then becomes convinced his client really did kill his wife. As CTE symptoms worsen, Jake's friends fear the case could push him toward vigilante justice.

Now serving as a special prosecutor, Jake goes after a prominent surgeon accused of killing his wife. The trouble is obvious, there is no body, no witness, and almost no case.

Jake plans to leave the courtroom behind until his nephew is charged in a college admissions fraud scheme. With the mastermind trying to save himself and Jake's health failing, the trial turns brutally personal.

When his godson is catastrophically injured in a high school football game, Jake sues to shut the sport down and becomes a public villain. At the same time, he is fighting CTE and trying to hold his own life together.