If dead men could talk, Miami trial lawyer Jake Lassiter
would be out of a job. As it is, the “ex-football player,
ex-public defender, ex-a-lot-of-things” has an uncanny
knack for digging up the truth...and the trouble that
usually comes with it.
This time, he’s defending Dr. Roger Salisbury, an
orthopedic surgeon and enigmatic womanizer charged with
medical malpractice in the death of wealthy Philip
Corrigan. But what appears to be a routine case takes a
sinister turn when Susan, the dead man’s daughter, insists
that the doctor and her sexy stepmother, Mrs. Melanie
Corrigan, conspired to kill her father. Now, Susan wants
Lassiter to prove it.
Lassiter would love to help the lovely and willful Susan,
but how can he defend his client for malpractice while
building a case against him for murder? Meanwhile,
Corrigan’s beautiful widow makes a play for Lassiter, even
as she continues to hold the brilliant surgeon under her
spell.
Turning for help to his old friend, retired coroner Charlie
Riggs, Lassiter hopes to get the evidence he needs from the
dead man himself. Could the late Philip Corrigan reveal
whether his death was accidental or homicidal?
Soon, Lassiter finds himself embroiled in murder, missing
persons, grave robbery, kinky sex, and deadly drugs as he
searches Florida’s steamy streets and tropical waterways
for a cold-blooded killer.
The 20th Anniversary e-book edition of “To Speak for
the Dead” is offered at the introductory price of $2.99 for
a limited time. All author proceeds go to the Four Diamonds
Fund, which supports treatment and research at Penn State
Hershey Children's Hospital. The book's dedication is "For
the kids." That's the slogan of Penn State's annual dance
marathon, which has raised more than $60 million for the
fund.
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