Author: Mike Papantonio
Publisher:Waterside Productions
Date of publication: May 2019
One week before his law school graduation, Jake Rutledge is
shattered. His fraternal twin, Blake, has died of a drug
overdose. When Jake returns to his hometown of Oakley, West
Virginia, he discovers that his brother was not the only person
hooked on opioid painkillers. The entire region has been ravaged by an epidemic
insidiously planned and carried out by one of America’s most powerful
pharmaceutical companies.
Still wet behind the ears, Jake is determined to seek
justice for all the victims of Big Pharma’s greed. He soon learns that the drug
companies’ tentacles reach far and deep. His only hope is to get Nicholas
“Deke” Deketomis to help. A partner at one of the country’s most powerful
law firms, Deke’s “as tough as a two-dollar steak” and well-known for his
winning tactics against corporate wrongdoers. With just enough persistence,
Jake coaxes Deke to see Oakley’s devastation firsthand. Overwhelmed, Deke
agrees to join forces with Jake.
And that’s when the real heat begins. Death threats, bribes,
unlawful property seizure schemes – all are connected to the massive
distribution of both legal and illegal drugs. Everyone is impacted, from the
highest levels of corporate America to corrupt local officials to their lackeys
and hapless victims. The complexity of the schemes is overwhelming.
Working tirelessly, the lawyers begin to uncover the truth.
Along the way, Jake falls in love with Anna Fowler, a former homecoming queen
who has succumbed to the power of opioids. With his support, she weans herself
off the drugs. Hope begins to bloom when suddenly, Jake disappears. As Deke
undertakes a desperate search to find him, questions swirl. Has Jake abandoned
Anna and his crusade? Can the case against the evildoers move forward without
him? Will Oakley and its residents survive? Law and Addiction is
real-life drama at its finest a book that clears away the darkness page by
page, spotlighting a profound truth about our society through expert
storytelling.
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About Mike Papantonio
Mike Papantonio is a truth-teller, a crusader who uses
fiction to entertain and inform his readers about some of the most pressing
issues of our time. In each of his thrillers, from Law And Disorder
to Law And Vengeance, and now Law And Addiction, he lays bare the
conspiracies and white-collar crimes that hurt ordinary Americans ? and that
are rarely covered by the national media.
A senior partner of Levin Papantonio, one of the
country’s largest plaintiffs’ law firms, Papantonio uses his own cases as
springboards for his novels. He has aggressively taken on Big Pharma, tobacco,
weapon manufacturer, and the automobile industry, among other bastions of
corporate greed.
One of the youngest inductees into the Trial Lawyer Hall of
Fame, Papantonio is also a well- known media presence as host of America’s
Lawyer on the RT America television network and co-host of the syndicated
radio show Ring of Fire. A skilled musician and athlete, he is based in
Pensacola, Florida.
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1 comment:
Thank you for featuring this, I hope you get a chance to read it, it's getting really great reviews!
Sara @ TLC Book Tours
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