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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