Mike’s fourth book, Shell Game, is a departure from his golf novels. Drawing on his first-person experience, Mike has written a riveting account of his family’s nine-year-long battle with Shell Oil Company over the oil giant’s contamination of his great-grandfather’s farm. Mike served as the trial lawyer for his mother’s family and thus was in a unique position to tell this gripping story of a family taking on one of the world’s largest oil companies. The book is written for non-lawyers, and readers will come away from reading the book not only entertained by this true-life story but also with an inside look at how the court system operates.

For these reasons, Shell Game has earned the same kind of praise as Mike’s golf novels. Publishers Weekly called Shell Game “a cracking good read.” The Library Journal said: “Veron knows how to hold readers’ interest. An engaging plot, colorful characters, well-written narration, and an ultimately happy ending make this a satisfying work.” dStore.com described Shell Game as “a David and Goliath tale of duplicity, environmental chaos, and legal bullying.”