The Kitchen Table Lawyer

He traded a lifelong legal career for a quiet retirement in the sun. But justice isn't ready to let him go.
After forty years of carrying a community's secrets through brutal Upstate New York winters, retired attorney David Mercer has finally found paradise in Hawthorne at Leesburg, Florida. He expects his days to consist of unhurried golf rounds, peaceful boat rides on the lake, and afternoon cocktails with his wife, Pearl.
Then comes the first knock on the door.
It starts with a desperate neighbor clutching a fraudulent roofing bill. Next is a heartbreaking online romance scam targeting a lonely widow, followed by a proud Korean War veteran denied his rightful benefits.
Faced with neighbors who have nowhere else to turn, David can't just walk away. Clearing off his cherry-wood dining table, he establishes an informal, kitchen-table law office. To fight back, he mobilizes a formidable task force of fellow retirees: a sharp-nosed ex-Brooklyn detective, a grandmotherly former schoolteacher who hears everything, and a seasoned contractor who can spot a scam from a mile away.
But as the individual cases pile up, David uncovers a dark, systemic corporate conspiracy operating from the inside out to bleed the community dry and force vulnerable seniors from their homes.
The corporate sharks think they've found easy targets. They forgot one thing: wisdom doesn't expire, experience doesn't bend, and sometimes the most dangerous advocate a community can have is a small-town lawyer who refuses to look the other way.
Perfect for fans of The Thursday Murder Club and classic, small-town legal intrigue, The Kitchen Table Lawyer is a heartwarming, intellectually sharp, and deeply human story about kindness, second chances, and a community that refuses to back down.