“The doctors called it standard of care.
The law calls it criminal.”
-Code Blue Lies, Joan Dominique Clancy
DISCLAIMER: This interview discusses another family's experience during the COVID-19 pandemic. It is not related to the events or characters depicted in Code Blue Lies, but explores broader issues of informed consent, patient advocacy, and medical ethics that readers may find relevant.Some families battle disease.
Others battle the system.
A novel inspired by true events.
Code Blue Lies
A Riveting Novel Inspired by Real-Life Medical Ethics Scandals, Based on a True Story
By Joan Dominique Clancy
Published by Stolen Dreams Editions
Product Description
A Gripping Medical Thriller Inspired by a True Story
When Bree Calloway rushes her mother, Bridget, to the emergency room after three failed visits to her doctor, she expects answers.
Instead, she enters a nightmare.
What begins as a routine hospital admission quickly spirals into a devastating medical crisis. As Bridget's condition deteriorates, Bree watches her mother become trapped inside an intensive care unit where every decision carries life-altering consequences, trust begins to unravel, and the line between healing and harm grows increasingly blurred.
Years later, one discovery changes everything.
While searching through medical records, Bree uncovers inconsistencies that refuse to be ignored. The deeper she digs, the more disturbing the questions become. What really happened inside those hospital walls? Who knew the truth? And how far would someone go to keep it buried?
Inspired by true events, Code Blue Lies is a gripping novel of family, resilience, and the relentless pursuit of truth. Blending emotional depth with the suspense of a legal and medical thriller, Joan Dominique Clancy delivers a powerful story about love, courage, and what happens when one daughter refuses to stop asking questions.
Because sometimes surviving is only the beginning.
If it could happen to Bree's family, could it happen to yours?
Book Details
Format: Paperback
Trim Size: 6 × 9 inches
Length: 272 pages
Publisher: Stolen Dreams Editions
Release Date: August 2025
Categories: Medical Thriller, Legal Thriller, Medical Drama, Contemporary Fiction
Not Another COVID Story
Not Another COVID Story
This is NOT a COVID story.
It's a story about what happened behind closed hospital doors when they thought no one was watching.
About the Author
She never intended to write this book. She simply felt she had to.
Joan Dominique Clancy is an entrepreneur based in Paradise Valley, Arizona. Code Blue Lies is her debut novel, inspired by personal experience and years of research.
Blending the emotional depth of family drama with the suspense of a medical and legal thriller, Clancy explores the fragile intersection of trust, ethics, and the relentless pursuit of truth.
Written with compassion, courage, and an unwavering commitment to storytelling, Code Blue Lies transforms deeply personal inspiration into a gripping work of fiction that asks one haunting question:
What happens when the people entrusted to save your life become the ones you fear most?
For Clancy, this novel is more than a story. It is a tribute to resilience, the enduring bond between a mother and daughter, and the courage to keep searching for answers when the truth refuses to stay buried.
