They weren't just stealing pills, they were highjacking lifelines.
He thought pharmaceutical fraud would be his ticket out, but never imagined the truth would come with a body count. In the unforgiving streets of South Central Los Angeles, Elijah found a way to escape the crime-ridden drama that surrounded him by hijacking life-saving HIV medications and selling them on the black market. As the money rolled in, he incrementally adjusted his moral compass until he stood on the banks of his ethical Rubicon. Will he cross it?
In their junior year of college, Brighton Thatcher went in search of her twin sister Ada, who had led a troubled life since the seventh grade and had abruptly disappeared, leaving only a cryptic note on their dorm room desk. Ada’s disappearance had further strained an already troubled family circle when Arthur inadvertently stumbled upon the real reason for his daughter’s troubled life. How far would a Christian father go to save his daughter and right a horrible wrong?
Unscrupulous Choices is a crime drama that exposes the underbelly of pharmaceutical greed, institutional betrayal, and inner city strife. It's a tale of family, justice, and survival. For those who enjoyed Breaking Bad, the investigative depth of Spotlight, or Michael Connelly, Don Winslow, and Dopesick, this book is for you.
Unscrupulous Choices was inspired by a real-life CNBC segment called “Fraud in a Bottle,” originally aired in Dec 2023.