The Innocent

The fifth novel in the bestselling Ryan Lock series from the author who “writes with the pace of Lee Child and the heart of Harlan Coben” (New York Times bestselling author Joseph Finder).

To solve a basketball coach’s disappearance, two private security officers must delve into the buried secrets at the heart of a small Minnesota town.

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.