Fool Me Twice: A Jake Lassiter Novel
Books / Hardcover
ISBN: 0688143040 / Publisher: William Morrow & Co, January 1996
Linebacker-turned-attorney Jake Lassiter finds himself accused of murder, on the run, and trying to clear his name, following a trail of evidence to Colorado and some abandoned silver mines and the priceless, long-lost Silver Queen statue
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From Miami's steamy street to Aspen's icy ski slopes, from courtrooms to silver mines, linebacker-turned-lawyer Jake Lassiter is entangled in a bewildering web of swindles, double-crosses, and murder.The trouble begins for Jake when he beats a fraud rap for con man Blinky Baroso, who pays his legal fees with stock in a shady company, Rocky Mountain Treasures, Inc. When Blinky's partner is killed and Blinky vanishes, Jake is the prime suspect.Faced with disbarment and prison, Jake also has to deal with Kip, his juvenile delinquent nephew, who's handy with spray paint and obsessed with the movies. Then there's Jo Jo Baroso, Blinky's sister, a hard-nosed, silky-skinned prosecutor. What's her motive for rekindling an ancient romance with Jake?
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