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Lockdown - by Laurie R King (Paperback)

Lockdown - by  Laurie R King (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b><b>A community comes together when threatened by someone with a thirst for revenge in this stunningly intricate, tautly plotted</b> novel of rich psychological suspense from the <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of the Mary Russell mysteries.</b> <p/> <i>Career Day at Guadalupe Middle School: A day given to innocent hopes and youthful dreams. A day no one in attendance will ever forget.</i> <p/> A year ago, Principal Linda McDonald arrived at Guadalupe determined to overturn the school's reputation for truancy, gang violence, and neglect. One of her initiatives is Career Day--bringing together children, teachers, and community presenters in a celebration of the future. But there are some in attendance who reject McDonald's bright vision. <p/> A principal with a secret. A husband with a murky past. A cop with too many questions. A kid under pressure to prove himself. A girl struggling to escape a mother's history. A young basketball player with an affection for guns. <p/> Even the school janitor has a story he dare not reveal. <p/> But no one at the gathering anticipates the shocking turn of events that will transform a day of possibilities into an explosive confrontation. <p/> Tense, poignant, and brilliantly paced, Laurie R. King's novel charts compelling characters on a collision course--a chain of interactions that locks together hidden lives, troubling secrets, and the bravest impulses of the human heart. <p/><b>Praise for <i>Lockdown</i></b> <p/>"A fine thriller, as timely as it is gripping."<b>--<i>Booklist</i> (starred review)</b> <p/> "King delivers, providing both a drama-filled anatomy of the school and a chance for its community to show its best by the way it confronts the worst Career Day imaginable."<b>--<i>Kirkus Reviews</i></b> <p/> "<i>Lockdown</i> [has] the tension of a ticking time bomb."<b><i>--San Jose Mercury News</i></b><br> <i> </i><br> "Dramatic . . . harrowing."<b><i>--Santa Cruz Sentinel</i></b><br> <i> </i><br> "King is a strong, purposeful writer with a keen eye for detail. . . . [This book<i> </i>earns] its page-turner status."<b>--<i>The Stranger</i></b> <p/> "Keeps readers guessing to the very end."<b><i>--Charleston Currents</i></b><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"A fine thriller, as timely as it is gripping."<b>--<i>Booklist</i> (starred review)</b> <p/> "[Laurie R.] King delivers, providing both a drama-filled anatomy of the school and a chance for its community to show its best by the way it confronts the worst Career Day imaginable."<b>--<i>Kirkus Reviews</i></b> <p/> "<i>Lockdown</i> [has] the tension of a ticking time bomb."<b><i>--San Jose Mercury News</i></b><br> <i> </i><br> "Dramatic . . . harrowing."<b><i>--Santa Cruz Sentinel</i></b><br> <i> </i><br> "King is a strong, purposeful writer with a keen eye for detail. . . . [This book<i> </i>earns] its page-turner status."<b>--<i>The Stranger</i></b> <p/> "Keeps readers guessing to the very end."<b><i>--Charleston Currents</i></b><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Laurie R. King</b> is the <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of fourteen Mary Russell mysteries, five contemporary novels featuring Kate Martinelli, the Stuyvesant & Grey novels <i>Touchstone</i> and <i>The Bones of Paris, </i> and the acclaimed <i>A Darker Place, Folly, Califia's Daughters </i>(written under the pen name Leigh Richards), and<i> Keeping Watch</i>. She lives in Northern California.

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