The Innocent

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, along with his business partner, Ryan Lock, begin to uncover a sinister conspiracy of silence in a sleepy Minnesota college town.

Read what others are saying about Sean Black: "This series is ace. There are deservedly strong Lee Child comparisons as the author is also a Brit, his novels US-based, his character appealing, and his publisher the same." - Sarah Broadhurst, The Bookseller

"This is a writer, and a hero, to watch." - Geoffrey Wansell, The Daily Mail

"Black's style is supremely slick." - Jeremy Jehu, The Daily Telegraph

"The pace of Lee Child, and the heart of Harlan Coben." - Joseph Finder, New York Times Bestseller (Paranoia, Buried Secrets)

"The heir apparent to Lee Child" - Ken Bruen, Internationally Bestselling Author of The Guards

'Ryan Lock (is) a protagonist tough enough to take on the Jacks of this world (that's Bauer and Reacher)' - Russel McLean

'Black's star just keeps on rising.' - Evening Telegraph

Read what others are saying about award-winning author, Sean Black:

"Readers, meet Ryan Lock - a tough-guy hero for a new age" - Gregg Hurwitz, New York Times bestselling author of Orphan X"

Sean Black writes with the pace of Lee Child and the heart of Harlan Coben" - Joseph Finder, New York Times bestselling author of Paranoia

"Leaner and meaner with every book" - Meg Gardiner, New York Times bestselling author of The Nightmare Thief

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