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Paul Levine has done it again. KILL ALL THE LAWYERS has snappy dialogue, battling egos, the pace of the Indy-500 and a plot with as many twists as the Gordian Knot. Steve Solomon proves himself to be the Alexander of his domain. Steve thinks someone is out to kill him, but who? The killer is dropping clues that no one understands but Steve. With each new threat he is faced with almost insurmountable obstacles. The police and judges give him no slack. He is arrested several times, almost loses Victoria, may lose his nephew, and his neighbors are threatening to sue, as is his secretary's parole officer. Charging into a radio talk show to threaten the star brings more than bad publicity with it. Just as Victoria Lord, Steve's partner and lover, thinks they have reached a decision to live together and possibly marry, Steve tells her a naked woman kissed him that morning. To make matters worse he later tells her that he was snooping around the woman's bedroom. When she suddenly appeared from taking a bath, he had to slap her bare bottom. Victoria, dumbfounded, can't believe he thinks nothing of it. Maybe she was too hasty in thinking they were right for each other. Steve's father is a former judge who left the bench in disgrace though he really had done nothing wrong. Jewish by birth he seems to become more orthodox with each passing day which really perplexes Steve. Victoria's mother, 'The Queen', a reincarnation of Patsy of Ab Fab, hates Steve and is always putting him down. She has found a wealthy suitor she hopes will marry her, as she isn't getting any younger. When she finds the price too high she turns to Steve for help. One thing they can agree on is that Victoria should know nothing about it. Steve's 12-year-old nephew, famous for his anagrams, finds girls his age are cool, especially when they let you peep from treetops into their bedroom window. When he and the "hottest hottie in the sixth grade" decide to rendezvous at the botanical gardens to drink whiskey and kiss, they get more than either bargained for and it could have a deadly ending. These are some of the elements that go into giving author Levine another successful fast-moving, highly entertaining mystery. Along the way to solving it, Levine is irreverent to Jews, judges, juveniles, and the judicial system but does it all with a wink. Encore, encore . . .
Reviewed by Ginger K. W. Stratton, September 2006
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