No Images? Click here Oh, to be a fictional hero! When To Speak For the Dead, my first novel, was published in 1990, Jake Lassiter was 42 years old. So was I. It’s 2017, and the linebacker-turned-lawyer – now featured in Bum Luck– has barely aged. Alas, not so I. Here’s the irony. Despite gimpy knees and a balky back, I’m healthier than Jake. But then I never ran head-first into a goal post, splitting my helmet in two. I never suffered multiple concussions on the Miami Dolphins’ suicide squad, the kickoff and punt teams. Lassiter did that and more. In Bum Luck, the head injuries have returned to haunt him. How else to explain his bizarre actions? Here’s the opening line of the novel: Thirty seconds after the jury announced its verdict, I decided to kill my client. Lassiter has just won a murder trial for a client he believes is guilty. His conscience plagued, Jake seeks vigilante justice. His pals, Steve Solomon and Victoria Lord, fear that Lassiter’s unhinged behavior stems from all those concussions. They urge him to be tested for the fatal brain disease that has stricken so many former football players. But is it too late? Is it game over for Lassiter’s career...and his life? C’mon, Jake. I’m rooting for you! BUM LUCK Releases March 28
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