Law and Addiction, Mike Papantonio
Law and Addiction, Mike Papantonio
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Law and Addiction

Author: Mike Papantonio

Series: Nike "Deke" Deketomis #3

Narrator: Gary Elliot

Unabridged: 9 hr 15 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/07/2019


Synopsis

One week before Jake Rutledge is scheduled to graduate from law school, he receives the devastating news of the death of his fraternal twin, Blake. What makes this death even more terrible for Jake is that his brother died of a drug overdose. Until hearing of his death, Jake had no idea his brother was even using drugs.When Jake returns home to Oakley, West Virginia, he takes a hard look at the circumstances of his brother’s death. In the five years Jake has been away for his schooling, his hometown has drastically changed. Because of the opioid epidemic, and the blight it has brought, many now call Oakley “Zombieland.” Jake can see how his town’s demise parallels his brother’s.Undeterred, the newly minted lawyer takes on the entrenched powers by filing two lawsuits. Jake quickly learns what happens when you upset a hornet’s nest. The young attorney might be wet behind the ears, but is sure there is no lawyer that could help him more than Nick “Deke” Deketomis and his law firm of Bergman/Deketomis. Deke is a legendary lawyer. When he was Jake’s age he was making his name fighting Big Tobacco. Against all odds, Jake gets Nick and his firm to sign on to his case before it’s too late.

About Mike Papantonio

Mike Papantonio, a member of the Trial Lawyers Hall of Fame, knows the ins and outs of the courtroom better than anyone. Law and Addiction is a legal thriller, inhabited by the kinds of characters Papantonio has come to know well. In a setting of despair, it is a book of hope, with the little guy along with truth and justice prevailing.


Reviews

Law and Addiction by Mike Papantonio is a unique read that dives into the corruption of the opioid epidemic. Through the eyes of an attorney, we see the world falling apart due to the extreme decisions about wildly corrosive medication. The opioid epidemic is a truly interesting topic to talk about i......more

Goodreads review by Sherry

Mike Papantonion has done an excellent job in showing how greed and corruption can be carried to such an extreme that bodies are falling by the thousands and towns are dying because of it. Truly horrifying! Let;s look at it through an attorney’s eye…though it is fiction, I feel Mike Papantonio shares......more

Goodreads review by Viviane

Opioid addiction has become a national crisis! More cases of overdose fill the news on a weekly basis. Police regularly carry and administer Narcan for overdosing addicts. Meanwhile, as Mike Papantonio has so carefully and deftly delineated in this fictional account of reality, attempts to deal with......more

Goodreads review by Linda

Linda’s Book Obsession Reviews “Law and Addiction” by Mike Papantoino, Waterside Productions, April 2019. WOW! WOW! Kudos to Mike Papantonio, Author of “Law and Addiction” (A Legal Thriller) for writing such a captivating, intriguing, enthralling, suspenseful, page-turning, riveting, unpredictable an......more

Goodreads review by Lel

I have to say the publishers blurb really says it all so that makes it a bit difficult to review. However, here goes…...Jake is a lawyer who’s brother was addicted to opioid medication and dies as a result. Jake decides to sue two pharma companies who market the drugs to highlight the extent of the p......more


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“The multidimensional brilliance of Mike Papantonio shines brightly through this can’t-put-it-down legal thriller. For a deep dive into law and politics, power and those who fight it, and the very human conflicts that drive and tear at us all, read Law and Addiction!” Thom Hartmann, nationally syndicated talk-show host and New York Times bestselling author

“This compelling read is both entertaining and edifying, and the story is more than timely. In his real life, attorney Papantonio is making it his mission to bring to justice those who unleashed the opioid scourge upon our country; in this fictional tour de force he has drawn characters engaged in this life and death struggle that the reader can’t help but care about. Bravo!” Alan Russell, #1 bestselling author of Burning Man and Guardians of the Night