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John DeDakis

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On her first day as White House Press Secretary, Lark Chadwick is confronted on live television by a reporter with an agenda who asks, “Are you, or are you not, planning to abort your unborn child?” His question puts Lark in the crosshairs of extremists on both sides of the highly fraught abortion issue. Ambivalent about becoming a single mother in the post-Roe era, and grieving the death of her boyfriend, Lark is now forced to make her abort-or-not-to-abort decision in a highly toxic, politicized, and polarized fishbowl. At stake: her sanity—and her life.
In the political thriller ENEMIES DOMESTIC, his most important and controversial book to date, former CNN editor John DeDakis dramatically and thoughtfully tackles the hot topics of abortion, QAnon, White Christian Nationalism, and mental illness at a time when America itself is teetering between democracy and authoritarianism.
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FAST TRACK Audio Book Available Now!

The audio version of Book 1 in the Lark Chadwick series has just been released. In Fast Track, Lark solves the mystery surrounding the car accident that orphaned her as an infant.
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  • ★★★★★
    Fast Track is one of those rare novels that you simply can’t put down. I was hooked on page one and it was non-stop until the very end – an emotional roller coaster.
    Wolf Blitzer CNN Anchor
    ★★★★★
    Fake, by John DeDakis, is so vivid and feels so real that he resets the bar for inside-the-Beltway thrillers.
    John Gilstrap Bestselling author
    ★★★★★
    It’s no surprise that veteran journalist John DeDakis so accurately depicts the life and work of a reporter, but how DeDakis can so accurately write from a woman’s point of view is nothing short of astounding.
    Diane Dimond Author, Investigative Journalist
  • ★★★★★
    Fake by John DeDakis is “a gripping, topical tale about the difficulties of discerning the truth in the new world of fake news."
    Kirkus Reviews
    ★★★★★
    In Bullet in the Chamber, “John DeDakis combines the heart-stopping and heartbreaking in a story of drugs, drones, corruption and politics. Lark’s latest adventure is entertaining and harrowing. And always riveting.”
    Henry Schuster CBS News “60 Minutes” Producer

    ★★★★★
    As a young female journalist, I spent most of this novel wondering how John DeDakis got into my head. Troubled Water is sharp, suspenseful and – most importantly, utterly believable.
    Jenna Bourne
    Investigative Reporter
    10 Tampa Bay WTSP-TV (CBS)
  • ★★★★★
    What happens when you pair a cub reporter with murder, mayhem, and a handsome bad boy? A great read. Once again, John DeDakis proves he knows how to write a gripping thriller. I loved Troubled Water.
    Jillian Harding
    Former Producer
    CNBC, CBS
    ★★★★★
    Lark is like an old friend. I’m glad she’s back and as fierce as ever. Bluff is a good, fast read. I can’t wait until the next adventure.
    Carol Costello
    Former CNN Anchor
    Journalism Lecturer Loyola Marymount University


    ★★★★★
    DeDakis crawls inside the mind of a twenty-something female, authentically capturing her character, curiosity and self expression in this can’t-put-down thriller.
    Kris Kosach
    ABC Radio

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