The Middleman is an epic drama of whistleblowers, murder, thrills, and legal combattorn out of todays headlines.
Nicholas Deke Deketomis and his law firm take on Americas Big Pharma when Dekes college pal, Matt Redmond, presents him with a case of possible fraud involving EirePharma, the Redmond family business and a powerful Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM). PBMs serve as the middlemen between drug manufacturers and insurance companies, working in cryptic ways to determine not only the cost of drugs but also placing them on insurers preferred formularies. EirePharma was recently taken over by the charismatic CEO, Connor Devlin, who has a Rasputin-like influence over Matts cousin, Amy, the companys current president. Devlin may be utilizing racketeering practicesand perhaps murderto raise the prices of insulin and other drugs for his own profit and to the detriment of consumers.
Amy, who at first was in love with Devlin, decidesat great perilto become her companys whistleblower and provide evidence to Deke and his team. When key witnesses and even Redmond family members meet mysterious and violent deaths, Amy finds herself a pawn caught in the center of a frightening and deadly game of wills between a formidable gangster, who in the eyes of the public is a respected businessman, and a law firm that is determined to investigate and uncover the Middlemans crimes.
In the tradition of Suspicious Activity and Inhuman Trafficking, Mike Papantonio takes Deke and his cohorts on a new and different kind of legal gamble in The Middleman, which is chock full of the action and thrills for which he is known.
Genre: Mystery
Nicholas Deke Deketomis and his law firm take on Americas Big Pharma when Dekes college pal, Matt Redmond, presents him with a case of possible fraud involving EirePharma, the Redmond family business and a powerful Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM). PBMs serve as the middlemen between drug manufacturers and insurance companies, working in cryptic ways to determine not only the cost of drugs but also placing them on insurers preferred formularies. EirePharma was recently taken over by the charismatic CEO, Connor Devlin, who has a Rasputin-like influence over Matts cousin, Amy, the companys current president. Devlin may be utilizing racketeering practicesand perhaps murderto raise the prices of insulin and other drugs for his own profit and to the detriment of consumers.
Amy, who at first was in love with Devlin, decidesat great perilto become her companys whistleblower and provide evidence to Deke and his team. When key witnesses and even Redmond family members meet mysterious and violent deaths, Amy finds herself a pawn caught in the center of a frightening and deadly game of wills between a formidable gangster, who in the eyes of the public is a respected businessman, and a law firm that is determined to investigate and uncover the Middlemans crimes.
In the tradition of Suspicious Activity and Inhuman Trafficking, Mike Papantonio takes Deke and his cohorts on a new and different kind of legal gamble in The Middleman, which is chock full of the action and thrills for which he is known.
Genre: Mystery
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