Lockdown
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  • Published: 22 December 2011
  • ISBN: 9781448126552
  • Imprint: Transworld Digital
  • Format: Audio Download
  • Length: 9 hr 12 min
  • Narrator: Jeff Harding
  • RRP: $19.99

Lockdown

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1 Sep 2010
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22 Dec 2011
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1 Sep 2010
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From the publishers who brought you Lee Child: a high concept conspiracy thriller that delivers every step of the way. Jack Reacher meets 24!

NEW YORK
It may be Christmas in New York, but for ex-soldier turned élite bodyguard Ryan Lock it's business as usual: his mission is to protect one of America's most ruthless businessmen.

A BLOODY SHOOT-OUT
Suddenly gunshots ring out. People run for cover. Innocent people are mown down. Amid the chaos, Lock's hunt for the killers turns into an explosive game of cat and mouse.

A DEADLY SECRET
Lock's search for the truth takes him from the rooftops of a New York skyscraper to a heavily fortified warehouse on the Hudson where he confronts one of the world's most dangerous women.

As the clock ticks towards midnight on New Year's Eve, all routes into and out of Manhattan are sealed, and Lock realises that not only is his own life in terrible danger but so are the lives of millions of others...
  • Published: 22 December 2011
  • ISBN: 9781448126552
  • Imprint: Transworld Digital
  • Format: Audio Download
  • Length: 9 hr 12 min
  • Narrator: Jeff Harding
  • RRP: $19.99
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About the author

Sean Black

Sean Black grew up in Scotland, studied film in New York and has written the screenplays for many of Britain's best-known TV dramas.

While writing Lockdown, he undertook a gruelling 24-day close protection course encompassing two weeks in an army camp in Wales, followed by a week of firearms training in the Czech Republic. To research his next novel, Deadlock, he 'did time' in Pelican Bay Supermax prison which is home to some of America's most violent inmates.

He lives with his wife and daughter in Los Angeles.

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Praise for Lockdown

A thrilling debut that locks you in and loads up the tension!

SIMON KERNICK

Funny, tough, and furiously paced, Lockdown explodes off the page.

JESSE KELLERMAN

Hold on tight-this one burns like a lit fuse.

GREGG HURWITZ

An action movie on the printed page. Throw into this mayhem Ryan Lock, a protagonist tough enough to take on the Jacks of this world (thats Bauer and Reacher) and you've got an adrenaline-rush read that you're not going to forget any time soon.

Russel McLean

Murder, kidnapping, explosions ... mix in Sean Black's no-nonsense all-action hero, Ryan Lock, and you have all the right ingredients for a top-notch thriller.

Zoe Sharp

Sean Black writes with the pace of Lee Child and the heart of Harlan Coben.

JOSEPH FINDER

Clearly influenced by Child and Joseph Finder, Black drives his hero into the tightest of spots with a force and energy that jump off the page. Lock is clearly going to be around for a long time. With a spine-tingling finale that reminded me of Die Hard, this is a writer, and a hero, to watch.

Geoffrey Wansell, DAILY MAIL

An excellent first novel...Black's style is supremely slick.

TELEGRAPH REVIEW

Classic thriller start of a series.

LEICESTER MERCURY

A seamless debut...funnier and more self-depreciating than Reacher.

DAILY TELEGRAPH REVIEW
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