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Addiction on Trial: Tragedy in Downeast Maine
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When Downeast “local” Annette Fiorno is found at the bottom of a ravine, “outsider” and relapsed drug addict Jimmy Sedgwick is accused of murder. Unassuming Maine lawyer Rob Hanston and big shot attorney Shawn Marks form an unlikely legal team as they attempt to discredit the overwhelming evidence. Addiction on Trial, the first in a series of Shawn Marks Thrillers, revolves around the murder cases of Attorney Marks, an egotistical yet likable high-powered Boston attorney who can juggle an array of female companions without taking his eye off the legal challenges of his work.
Addiction on Trial is a journey of suspense while exploring love and loss, family dysfunction, and the “what ifs” of life. It sends a powerful message of societal discrimination toward drug addicts and explores common misperceptions about what drug addiction really is – a chronic illness requiring a similar treatment approach as other chronic diseases. Medical and behavioral aspects of addiction are woven into the intrigue of this thriller, which culminates in a riveting murder trial.
Addiction on Trial is a journey of suspense while exploring love and loss, family dysfunction, and the “what ifs” of life. It sends a powerful message of societal discrimination toward drug addicts and explores common misperceptions about what drug addiction really is – a chronic illness requiring a similar treatment approach as other chronic diseases. Medical and behavioral aspects of addiction are woven into the intrigue of this thriller, which culminates in a riveting murder trial.
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Steven Kassels
Author Steven Kassels, M.D. turns his Addiction Medicine and Emergency Medicine experiences into a journey of suspense while exploring love and loss, family dysfunction, and the “what ifs” of life – and the journey will continue in the next Shawn Marks Thriller, Lost to Addiction.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5As good a murder/medical/legal mystery as one might hope. This is a self-published work by a guy whose life work was in medical addiction clinics and he has a lot to say about addiction and society's view of addiction. It surprisingly works along with the mysteries of our legal, medical systems and investigations and an array of relatively well-drawn characters. Although the author attempts to balance an extraordinarily immature high-powered atty and his view of relationships with seemingly smart and strong women, still one wonders why one would spend time, just reading about, much less dinner, with this atty. This is too bad. However, back to the writing, the whole story moves very well and highlighted by a fishing boat in a storm that's absolutely as thrilling as those depicted in "A Perfect Storm." Too bad human relationships, especially romantic ones, weren't depicted with a lot less immaturity, less cliche, and much, much more interest.
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