Doctor Dealer: A Doctor High on Greed, a Biker Gang High on Opioids, and the Woman Who Paid the Ultimate Price

This riveting look at a cold-blooded murder from Anastasia (Gotti’s Rules: The Story of John Alite, Junior Gotti, and the Demise of the American Mafia) and Cipriano (Target: The Senator, a Story About Power and Abuse of Power) tells the sad story of James Kauffman, a respected endocrinologist who sold opioids illegally on the side, and his wife, April, a popular radio host. The couple were on the edge of a bitter divorce when April was found shot to death in their home in Linwood, N.J., on May 10, 2012. April’s grown daughter from her first marriage instantly suspected Kauffman, who later remarried and continued his opioid pill mill and association with members of a biker gang who were drug dealers and users. In 2018, Kauffman was arrested for fraud, and several of the bikers who were arrested on various charges turned state’s evidence against him as having hired a hit man to kill his wife. Kauffman committed suicide in jail before he could be tried for April’s murder, but the real tragedy is his second wife, who was unaware of the doctor’s drug dealing or gang connections; her reputation and business were destroyed, and the feds tried to take her home. The authors dramatically show how sometimes one can never really know another person. Agent: Frank Weimann, Folio Literary Management. (Sept.)