Two deaths. One missing million-dollar bond. And secrets powerful people will kill to keep hidden. 1981 . Long before digital records and online databases, investigators must follow dangerous trails of data, money, and lies. When FDA regulatory specialist Walt Catchings investigates two suspicious deaths during a clinical drug trial, the evidence begins pointing toward something far more troubling than medical complications. Meanwhile, mergers and acquisitions accountant Molly Thomas stumbles upon a $1 million bearer bond payable to anyone in possession of it - a bond that a dangerous local mob boss is desperate to recover. At first their investigations seem unrelated. But as Walt digs deeper into the clinical trial and Molly tries to uncover the bond's origin, both are drawn into a widening web of corruption, deception, and hidden money... and the people behind them will do anything to keep the truth from being discovered. DARK LIES is a gripping financial and medical thriller about the deadly cost of secrets - and the courage it takes to expose them.