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The Innocent

A Ryan Lock Novel

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The Innocent

By: Sean Black
Narrated by: Grant Pennington
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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.

©2014 Sean Black (P)2025 Sean Black Crime Thrillers Fiction Hard-Boiled Mystery Thriller Thriller & Suspense Crime Suspense
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I liked the characters, Ty, Locke, and Malik. Backgrounds were interesting and unusual. The first two-thirds of the book were very good but last third lagged in the capture of the killer.

Will definitely read another before a final judgment.

Good First Read For Me By This Author

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... what happened to Jack??? NO follow-up at all to his storyline. :(

Great story EXCEPT...

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Mysteries are among my favorite genres of fiction. When I first started listening to this book for some reason I had the sense that it was going to be predictable but it certainly wasn't. I recommend it highly not only because it's a good mystery and well written but because it raised awareness of how people take terrible situations and use them for their monetary gain. It also brought out how shallow some public displays of sadness can be which though an avenue for expressing grief and outrage sometimes allow people who ignored warning signs that something is wrong to feel better.

unexpected twists

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good narrator, good story. plenty of action. short chapters helps you to follow the story. great!

captivating

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When a college basketball coach in a small Minnesota town discovers a pedophile ring and tries to bring it to light, the trouble that follows for him is devastating. By the time we get to the bottom of it many people die. Ty and Ryan come to town to help, and things get interesting. Sean Black is one of my new favorites. Each story seems to stand well on its own. I’ve read #1 and #5 so far and haven’t had any problems following. I’ll be looking for more in this series. 5 stars.

Excellent!

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Not my usual type of book, but when I saw it was narrated by Grant Pennington I had to listen to it. He is one of my favorite narrators. I'm glad I did listen to this audible book. It has twists and turns that take you by surprise. The Innocent is well written and thought out. Highly recommend this audible!

As I said Grant Pennington is one of my favorite narrators. His voice is pleasant to listen to with a wide variety of voices and emotions used gives the listener an excellent experience while listening. He has a way of bringing you right into the story

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The Innocent

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The story is horrific, and tragic, yet for the more aggressive of us there is redemption.

immediately gripping

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