The most cataclysmic week of Lark Chadwick's life begins when she discovers the dead body of her aunt, a victim of carbon monoxide poisoning. This was the aunt who raised Lark from infancy after the tragic deaths of her parents in an auto accident. Yet what unfolds for Lark in the coming days is a dark and twisting mystery into the sinister circumstances of that awful day so long ago. Lark's desperate search for the truth reveals secrets that are about to put her life in great peril. "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, "The Situation Room"
Author Biography
John DeDakis has a BA in Journalism from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is currently a Senior Copy Editor at CNN in Washington where he is an editor/writer on The Situation Room, anchored by Wolf Blitzer. Prior to joining CNN in 1988, Mr. DeDakis was White House Correspondent for CBN News during the last three years of the Reagan Administration. His journalism career began in 1969 when he was tear-gassed while covering an anti-Vietnam War riot for a campus radio station. While in the Army in Frankfurt, Germany, Mr. DeDakis was stationed at the headquarters of the American Forces Network-Europe. He has also produced award-winning radio and television documentaries. For pleasure, he reads, hikes, plays tennis and the drums. His wife Cynthia is a choral conductor. They have three children. You may visit his website at www.johndedakis.com
