The protagonist of this novel, Jake Rutledge, learns that his fraternal twin has died of a drug overdose back in his hometown of Oakley, West Virginia, just a week before he graduates from law school, so he decides to return to Oakley and take on Big Pharma. The author is an attorney whose two previous novels have been thrillers based upon high profile legal crusades. He lives in Pensacola, Florida.
Cardiff-by-the-Sea, California: Waterside Productions, 2019. 296 pages. Hardback in dust jacket.