From Author, John M. Whiddon comes
WEBB ESPY’S CHRONICLES IN THE SUNSHINE STATE TRILOGY
Follow Webb Espy’s THRILLING and SUSPENSEFUL investigation into the mysterious and corrupt underbelly of the Florida Medicaid System. It’s a story that could all be too true!
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Sherry Lange had to say: ”I am proud to say, I read all 3 of them. They are all excellent, and they got even better with each new book. Based on that, I would have to say the last book was my favorite. The characters are colorful and even flamboyant at times. What was there not to love?”
Debra Wallace says: “I finished Die-Aly$is a couple of weeks ago while deer hunting. I enjoyed it the most of the trilogy. The ending was exciting! Also loved all the local color and your personal stories you incorporate into your books. You are an expert in the Medicaid system and a lot of your experiences entrwined your books together. I will keep them in the library of my favorites.”
DIE-ALY$IS
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“DIE-ALY$IS” is the final novel in the mystery series that has come to be known as “Webb Espy Chronicles”. This thought-provoking third story in the trilogy is more than just a traditional mystery, and begins with a Florida Southern District Federal Judge, an eccentric individual, and eclectic jurist, who is well in front of the jurisprudence curve as compared to his legal peers. The sage old legal scholar, in the twilight of his career, has long ago reconciled his moral and ethical thinking related to the hypocritical limitations and archaic institutional precedents existing in the legal arena that restrict common sense. A whistleblower case assigned to his court docket provides the impetus for inserting his conniving influence into the mix to alleviate an egregious wrong. From his catbird seat overlooking the entire gameboard, the Judge easily identifies the whistleblower and although he opines she is extremely intelligent and passionate in her pursuit of justice, she is well in over her head, and does not begin to appreciate who all the players are, much less, the unimaginable danger she placed on herself. The judge without hesitation decides to intervene and level the playing field through an orchestrated surreptitious scheme to provide the whistleblower with a supporting cast. That supporting cast is Webb Espy and his talented entourage of “Giant Killers”. Once achieved, it’s GAME ON!
End Stage Renal Disease and the systems involved with planning, funding, administering, and regulating those providing such services are fraught with aberrant and fraudulent practices. Greed is most often the motive, but not always. Webb Espy, former university professor, systems expert, best-selling author, and with a somewhat sinister secret related to the dialysis business itself is someone that comprehends those complexities and becomes a willing participant in the judge’s strategic plan. The story encapsulates the quagmire of competitive participants that includes mobsters, Corporate America’s prescription for-profit entities, self-referral Houdini’s, corrupt politicians, as well as an arm of the invisible U.S. Government for a share of the booty. As in the previous two books, the characters are unique, sometimes malicious, and often delicious and easy to visualize. The corkscrew unveiling of the plot runs the gamut from Black Market kidneys, to an assassin that does not exist Beyond the mystery itself as the story unfolds there are legitimate questions about modern-day “Robin Hoods”, the moral right of civil disobedience as well as who are the real good guys and bad guys, and whether is it okay to do something wrong to achieve something right.
THE FI$CAL AGENT
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After spending fourteen agonizing months recuperating in a rehabilitation facility in Switzerland due to a foiled assassination attempt, Webb Espy, renowned systems expert, former university professor, public servant, best-selling author, and multimillionaire returns home to the Florida Panhandle to restart his life. Invigorated and once again challenged with renewed purpose and focus due to therapeutic insights and refreshed romantic interests, Espy returns home and is faced with updated information linked to the attempt on his life and unanticipated consequences that force his participation towards closure. To this end, Espy, initially a reluctant participant in a world of international conspiracy and intrigue discovers an unknown heinous and evil adversary. In a role reversal, Espy is no longer hunted and is enticed to become the hunter. Once more teamed with several members of his cadre of the talented support cast, former adversaries, as well as an unintentional new cerebral weapon, the predator role takes him into the bowels of the invisible government, and forces choices,compromises, and conciliations that will challenge his moral core. THE FI$CAL AGENT is the second part sequel to THE SUNSHINE SHENANIGAN, which will ultimately be a trilogy.
THE SUNSHINE SHENANIGAN
It’s the early ‘90s, and Florida’s Medicaid program is growing fast. Webb Espy, the well respected and spirited leader of Florida’s Medicaid Regulatory Office, has inadvertently discovered that large amounts of money are being siphoned from the state’s Medicaid coffers. Those responsible are doing so for reasons far more complicated and nefarious than greed. The resulting investigation leads him and his unconventional staff into the path of a mysterious and dangerous adversary, determined to keep them off his employers’ trail at any cost. Drawing on his personal resources and connections, Espy enters into a chess match of wits and wills, leading to several unanticipated consequences for himself, his team and the world. Reflecting on the Florida Medicaid program’s uncontrolled extent of Medicaid fraud and abuse in America’s history, this story could be all too true.
