Kindle Nation Daily Free Book Alert, Monday, October 18: Secrets, Sisters, Spirituality, and Football as a Metaphor for Everything, plus Mortal Sin, from the Jake Lassiter series of hard-boiled legal thrillers (Today’s Sponsor), and over 100 more fully updated and category-sorted free Kindle ebook listings

A new free offering in the Lancaster County Secrets series, Nancy Moser’s highly rated inspirational romance Mozart’s Sister, and several other new leadership, business and inspirational titles lead the fresh new additions our listing of free contemporary titles in the Kindle Store this morning….

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If you’ve been reading along with us on your Kindle you are probably well aware already that Paul Levine is a great, really smart storyteller with a very original and often twisted sense of place and people that comes alive on every page in his Jake Lassiter series. If today’s post is your first introduction to Lassiter, this weekend’s Free Kindle Nation Short excerpt from Mortal Sin is a wonderful place to begin.

But the truth is, with the Lassiter series, it doesn’t really matter where you start. I mean, you gotta start at the beginning of a book, don’t get me wrong. But whether you start with this one, Mortal Sin — which is my favorite so far — or go back all the way down the alley to begin with To Speak for the Dead, I think you’re going to laugh out loud, and Jake is going to make you think, and you’re probably going to want to have a beer with him. If those things do not happen, well, it’s you, it’s not me. And it’s certainly not Jake.

Here’s the set-up for Mortal Sin, or click here to begin reading the free excerpt:

Miami lawyer Jake Lassiter has an ethical dilemma that isn’t on the Bar exam.

He’s sleeping with Gina Florio and defending Gina’s husband Nicky in a wrongful death suit. Complicating the issue: Nicky is a mob-connected and homicidal in his own right.

It all begins when environmentalist Peter Tupton freezes to death on Florio’s property on the hottest day of a sweltering Miami summer. Hired to defend Florio in a civil suit, Lassiter becomes convinced that Tupton’s death was no accident.

The trail of evidence takes Lassiter deep into the Everglades, where Florio has hatched a scheme to bring casino gambling to an Indian reservation. But that’s only a cover for a more sinister ploy that oozes corruption, blood, and money. One false move, and Jake will be gator bait.

It’s the toughest case yet for the ex-linebacker, ex-public defender, ex-a-lot-of-things.

Hard-boiled and philosophical, Jake lives by his own rules. In a world of deceit, perversity, and mayhem, he risks body and soul for truth, justice and the Lassiter Way.

WHAT DO THE CRITICS SAY ABOUT MORTAL SIN?

“Engaging…lively…colorful. The plot races with mounting tension.” – Miami Herald

“Just the remedy for those who can’t get enough Spenser and miss Travis McGee terribly.” – St. Petersburg Times

“‘Mortal Sin’ may not be better than a trip to Florida, but it’s the next best thing.” – Detroit Free Press

“Fun…the action is non-stop.” – Chicago Tribune

MORTAL SIN

(The Jake Lassiter Series)

by Paul Levine

List Price: $2.99

Click here to download MORTAL SIN (or a free sample) to your Kindle, iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, BlackBerry, Android-compatible, PC or Mac and start reading within 60 seconds!