About The Series

It's 2026. A series of Trump executive orders has dismantled federal worker protections. Unions are under attack, and the public servants tasked with exposing fraud, waste, and abuse are being silenced.


Government Housing Finance Administration analyst Daphne Carter flags a series of suspicious loan applications that should never have made it into the system. What begins as a routine review quickly leads her to an international money laundering operation tied to human trafficking, government corruption, and a decades-old murder that someone will do anything to keep buried.


The victim was another public servant.


As Daphne digs deeper, she uncovers evidence suggesting they were killed while trying to expose the same criminal network. Now, with mass firings looming and union protections stripped away, she faces the same choice that may have cost them their life: stay silent and protect her career, or speak out and risk becoming the next casualty.


A Thriller Inspired by True Events.




About the Author

D.P. Lake writes literary thrillers that expose the collision between government corruption and the federal workers who refuse to break the law. Drawing from a career spanning financial services, government, and organized labor, Lake brings insider authenticity to stories about ordinary people caught in extraordinary systems, where conscience runs up against survival and following the law can be life-threatening. Fraud, Waste, and Murder is Lake's debut thriller. 

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