{"product_id":"a-death-in-arcadia-a-legal-thriller-hardcover","title":"A Death in Arcadia: A Legal Thriller - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMike Papantonio\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNicholas \"Deke\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eDeketomis Returns to Face His Darkest Case Yet--And His Own Haunted Past\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen fifteen-year-old Trayvon Clapper is murdered by a guard at Camp B in Florida, his fringe-living mother and boyfriend come to Bergman-Deketomis to file a lawsuit against the facility. Details of the case trigger in Deke memories of his own troubled childhood. As a boy, Deke had no stable parents around him, so he lived with several different families over the years as he grew up, avoiding the foster care system. However, his best friend, Bucky, was not so fortunate. He, too, was killed in a similar facility... and Deke has carried within him a powerful guilt that he has never talked about to anyone, including his wife and children. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCara Deketomis, Deke's daughter, is a young lawyer at the firm also working on the case. She comes to recognize the pain her father is feeling but she does not have the ability to break through to the truth. An opportunity in Cara's personal life also hammers a wedge between father and daughter, adding more stress to the situation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMeanwhile, investigation into the case uncovers a hidden threat that could endanger everyone at the law firm. A corrupt Congressman, Bob Minds, and his shady colleague, Skyler Bannock, are \"fixers\" for Phoenix Industries, the parent company of Camp B and other child \"protective\" services facilities that do anything but that. Minds and Bannock resort to nefarious crimes to make Phoenix's problems go away, i ncluding bribery, intimidation, and even murder. And then there's Skyler's brother, Midas, a killer straight out of a nightmare, who does the team's dirtiest work. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWill the ugly forces behind the scenes wreak lethal havoc on Deke and his team? Will the echo of Deke's guilt get in the way of a successful legal action against Phoenix? In the tradition of \u003ci\u003eThe Middleman\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSuspicious Activity\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eInhuman Trafficking\u003c\/i\u003e, Mike Papantonio takes Deke and his cohorts on a new and different kind of legal gamble, but full of the action and thrills for which he is known.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMIKE PAPANTONIO\u003c\/b\u003e is a senior partner of Levin Papantonio, one of the country's largest plaintiffs' law firms, and was one of the youngest inductees into the Trial Lawyer Hall of Fame. He has aggressively taken on Big Pharma, tobacco, weapon manufacturers, and the automobile industry, among other bastions of corporate greed, and uses his own cases as springboards for his novels. He was a lead lawyer in the national opioid litigation. Papantonio is also a well-known media presence as host of \u003ci\u003eAmerica's Lawyer\u003c\/i\u003e, and founder and former co-host of the syndicated radio show \u003ci\u003eRing of Fire\u003c\/i\u003e. His most recent legal thriller is \u003ci\u003eThe Middleman\u003c\/i\u003e. Mike is based in Pensacola, Florida.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 264\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.11 x 9.14 x 5.92 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 03, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43338861051993,"sku":"9781648211706","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0736\/6465\/9545\/files\/qz7rXOnuow9781648211706.webp?v=1779430522","url":"https:\/\/warrenssanctuaryofthemind.myshopify.com\/de\/products\/a-death-in-arcadia-a-legal-thriller-hardcover","provider":"Warren's sanctuary of the mind","version":"1.0","type":"link"}