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NEW YORKIt 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-OUTSuddenly 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 SECRETLock'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...

His mission should have been straightforward: to keep one man alive for one week.ONE PRISONERSuper-intelligent and brutally violent, Frank 'Reaper' Hays is a leading member of America's most powerful white supremacists prison gang.ONE BODYGUARDEx-military bodyguard Ryan Lock has been hired to protect him. His mission is to keep Reaper alive for a week until he can be brought to trial.ONE WEEK TO STAY ALIVEBut Lock soon realises that he faces the toughest assignment of his career - just to survive ...

Adult movie actress, Raven Lane, is one of the most lusted after women in America, with millions of fans to prove it. But when a headless corpse turns up in the trunk of her car, she realises that fame carries a terrible price.Fearing for her life, and with the LAPD seemingly unable to protect her, Raven turns to elite bodyguard, Ryan Lock for help. Lock stops bad things happening to good people, but can he stop the tidal wave of violence now threatening the city of Los Angeles as Raven's predator targets - and kills - those closest to her?As events spiral out of control, Lock is drawn into a dangerous world where money rules, where sex is a commodity to be bought and sold, and where no one can be trusted, least of all his beautiful new client. But what he cannot know is the terrifying price he's about to pay - just for getting involved...

NEW YORKIt 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-OUTSuddenly 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 SECRETLock'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...

‘Locks you in and loads up the tension’ Simon KernickHOW FAR WOULD YOU GO FOR JUSTICE?Wealthy playboy CHARLIE MENDEZ is a violent rapist who thinks he’s above the law. When he’s finally convicted for his horrific crimes against women, he flees to Mexico. But he hasn’t reckoned with former military bodyguard, RYAN LOCK, or his partner, TY JOHNSON. As they begin to track him down they realise that Mendez has some powerful friends – a murderous drug cartel who enjoy making grisly examples of their enemies. In a lawless country, Lock must take the law into his own hands . . .

The first TWELVE novels in the bestselling, award winning Ryan Lock thriller series.A series of fast-paced crime thrillers that are perfect for fans of Lee Child, Robert Crais, Harlan Coben, Gregg Hurwitz and James Patterson's Alex Cross series.Follow military veterans Ryan Lock and Ty Johnson as they hunt the kidnappers of a young boy through the streets of New York (LOCKDOWN), go undercover in Pelican Bay Supermax prison (DEADLOCK), protect an adult movie star from a deadly stalker (GRIDLOCK), hunt down a serial rapist in Mexico (THE DEVIL'S BOUNTY), confront a dark conspiracy in a remote college town (THE INNOCENT), hunt down a cult group snatching young women from the streets of Los Angeles (FIRE POINT), help a desperate father save his only child from an abusive school for teens (THE EDGE OF ALONE)PLUS the final FIVE novels in the series including the award-winning SECOND CHANCE plus RED TIGER, THE DEEP ABIDING, AVENUE OF THIEVES and THE LAST BODYGUARD.That's over 3,000 pages/80 hours of reading that will keep you turning the pages late into the night.Critics and New York Times Bestsellers say:'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)Sean Black is the record four-time nominated, one-time winner of the prestigious International Thriller Writers' Award (other winners have included Stephen King, Jeffery Deaver, Lisa Gardner, Robert Harris, Gregg Hurwitz, and John Sandford).

Byron Tibor is a ghost. A fugitive from a classified military program, enhanced in ways the government would rather nobody knew about. He stays alive by staying invisible. No name. No ties. No trace.That ends on a logging road in rural Oregon.A camp of dying veterans. A family that owns the town. A land grab disguised as progress. And a sick old man who asks Byron for help he has no business giving.To save the camp, Byron will have to step out of the shadows and into the crosshairs of people who destroy anyone in their path. Worse, every day he stays visible is another day the federal government gets closer to finding a man they've been hunting for years.The Burn Pit is the fourth novel in the bestselling Byron Tibor series.