Safe Nowhere

by Tom Bleakley

Attorneys face off against a pharmaceutical company that doesn’t want the public to know about a drug’s potentially lethal effects. In 2011, law school graduate Katie Hornsby gets a job at the firm of Riley and Newton. Her first case involves multiple clients and a drug called Lorital, a testosterone pill whose generic version has been linked to fatal heart attacks and strokes. Lorital creator Orex Laboratories, however, is making a substantial profit as the owner of Enpact Pharmaceuticals, the Indian company responsible for the drug’s generic form. Orex is more than willing to use its connections, including a circuit court judge and the Michigan Supreme Court’s chief justice, to steer clear of a trial. Katie and her boss combat coercion, blackmail, and a possible spy or two to take their fight to court.

296 pages, Kindle Edition

Published July 27, 2021