About this episode

Joan Baum reviews 'Illusions of Trust', a legal thriller by Jeffrey Stephens that involves a dubious divorce case and a Big Pharma scandal.

A no-nonsense lawyer takes on a dubious divorce case. Big mistake. He soon becomes embroiled in a Big Pharma scandal and murder. This is not a story from the daily headlines but the latest legal thriller by attorney Jeffrey Stephens. WSHU’s Book Critic Joan Baum says Illusions of Trust reads like 21st-century noir.

People in this episode

Host: Joan Baum

Topics covered

• legal thriller
• Big Pharma
• murder
• divorce case
• 21st-century noir

Keywords

• legal thriller
• Big Pharma
• murder
• divorce
• Joan Baum
• Jeffrey Stephens
• Illusions of Trust

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Illusions of Trust

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