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Jake Lassiter Books in Order

Jake Lassiter by Paul Levine contains 15 books, published between 1990 and 2023. The first book is To Speak for the Dead (1990) and the newest is Early Grave (2023). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
15
Published
1990–2023
Confirmed
15 of 15 titles
Pages on record
3,158 in 10 of 15 books
Reading time
53–79 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,158 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 10 of 15 titles with a page count on record.

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Jake Lassiter played football before he practised law, and Paul Levine's legal thrillers put him on high-stakes cases in Miami. Courtroom work, serial murder and a hard-boiled register run through the series, which opens with To Speak for the Dead (1990) and takes in Night Vision (1991), Mortal Sin (1994), Fool Me Twice (1996) and Flesh and Bones (1997) before a later run of Lassiter (2011), Last Chance Lassiter (2012) and State vs. Lassiter (2013). Fifteen books close at Early Grave (2023), at a median of 335 pages, with the 1990s the heaviest decade.

How many Jake Lassiter books are there?

Jake Lassiter has 15 books, released between 1990 and 2023.

Jake Lassiter Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 15 Jake Lassiter books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. Cover of To Speak for the Dead by Paul Levine, book 1 of the Jake Lassiter series (1990)
  2. Cover of Night Vision by Paul Levine, book 2 of the Jake Lassiter series (1991)
  3. Cover of False Dawn by Paul Levine, book 3 of the Jake Lassiter series (1993)
  4. Cover of Mortal Sin by Paul Levine, book 4 of the Jake Lassiter series (1994)
  5. Cover of Flesh and Bones by Paul Levine, book 7 of the Jake Lassiter series (1997)
  6. Cover of State vs. Lassiter by Paul Levine, book 10 of the Jake Lassiter series (2013)
  7. Cover of Bum Deal by Paul Levine, book 13 of the Jake Lassiter series (2018)
  1. 1
    To Speak for the Dead1990 · 366 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1990366
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  2. 2
    Night Vision1991 · 415 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1991415
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  3. 3
    False Dawn1993 · 353 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1993353
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  4. 4
    Mortal Sin1994 · 341 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1994341
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  5. 5
    Riptide / Slashback1995 · confirmed 3/4
    1995–
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  6. 6
    Fool Me Twice1996 · confirmed 3/4
    1996–
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  7. 7
    Flesh and Bones1997 · 303 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1997303
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  8. 8
    Lassiter2011 · 304 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2011304
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  9. 9
    Last Chance Lassiter2012 · 146 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2012146
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  10. 10
    State vs. Lassiter2013 · 260 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2013260
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  11. 11
    Bum Rap2015 · 334 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2015334
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  12. 12
    Bum Luck2017 · confirmed 3/4
    2017–
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  13. 13
    Bum Deal2018 · 336 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2018336
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  14. 14
    Cheater's Game2020 · confirmed 3/4
    2020–
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  15. 15
    Early Grave2023 · confirmed 3/4
    2023–
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Is there a chronological order for Jake Lassiter?

No separate chronological order is on record for Jake Lassiter, because none of the book listings this catalogue draws on publishes one; the publication order above is the only order given.

Do you have to read Jake Lassiter books in order?

You should read the Jake Lassiter books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Jake Lassiter book also stands alone.

Where to start with Jake Lassiter

Start with To Speak for the Dead (1990), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Jake Lassiter book?

Early Grave (2023) is the newest Jake Lassiter book released so far.

Is there a new Jake Lassiter book coming?

No next Jake Lassiter book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Jake Lassiter at a glance

Paused
No new Jake Lassiter title has appeared for 3 years. The last was published in 2023.
Release pace
Jake Lassiter books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
3,158 pages across the 10 of 15 books with a recorded length, a median of 335 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Jake Lassiter books, 7 of 15, were published in the 1990s.

What the Jake Lassiter books are about

8 of the 15 Jake Lassiter books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: lassiter, jake (fictitious character) is tagged on 5 of 8. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by Paul Levine

The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.