To Speak for the Dead

FIRST OF THE AWARD-WINNING JAKE LASSITER SERIES A doctor in love with his patient's wife... A fatal mistake during surgery... Accident? Malpractice? Or murder? Defending a surgeon in a malpractice case, Jake Lassiter begins to suspect that his client is innocent of negligence...but guilty of murder. Add a sexy widow, a deadly drug, and a grave robbery to the stew, and you have Miami's trial of the century. "Cracking good action mystery...funny, sardonic and fast-paced." - Detroit Free Press "A fast, wry and thoroughly engrossing thriller. Master storytelling." - Carl Hiaasen "Courtroom drama at its very best." - USA Today