The fifth Ryan Lock novel from best-selling author Sean Black. When college basketball coach Malik Shaw goes missing after a family tragedy, it looks like just another retired athlete gone off the rails. But Malik’s childhood friend, private security specialist Ty Johnson, quickly begins to suspect that there is more to it. Chasing the truth, Ty and his business partner, Ryan Lock, begin to uncover a sinister conspiracy of silence in a sleepy Minnesota college town.
The Ryan Lock series has been translated into Dutch, French, German, Italian, Russian and Spanish and has featured on a number of best seller lists.
Not well researched. To write a basketball story that … Not well researched. To write a basketball story that begins in L.A. and to not even know the Lakers colors are purple and gold? Author needs to go back and do his homework. Getting the details right is important.
I think this one is the best yet This is the 5th in the Ryan Lock series and I think it’s the best one yet. It is more Ty centered then the others and I like that as well. This one is about a childhood friend of Ty’s who gets into trouble by trying to do the right thing. No matter how many times he’s warned off, he keeps pushing ahead. Even after the worst possible thing could happen in his life. He calls his old buddy Ty to come help him out. Ty brings in Ryan and together they do the right thing to get the bad people…
My first Ryan Lock Novel I had not read any Ryan Lock novels before this one and wondered if it would stand out as a stand alone novel as well as part of a series, Sean Black has not disappointed. I really enjoyed ‘The Innocent’, I do not know much about Ryan Lock and didn’t feel like I was missing out on anything, I was impressed with how he seemed to be a well rounded and settled character even though this was my first meeting with him.Â