Lockdown
A Novel of Suspense

Author Laurie R. King, best known for her Sherlock Holmes-Mary Russell historical mystery series, has penned a suspense-filled stand-alone novel that will keep readers reading much too far into the night. Something really, really, really bad is about to happen at Guadalupe Middle School, a working-cl......more

I've always preferred King's standalone to her series, and while this isn't my favorite (that would be Folly and Keeping Watch), it is a topical, ripped from the headlines, and riveting story. This initially reminded me of Jodi Picoult's novels, particularly Nineteen Minutes, but while Picoult frequ......more

This is a stand-alone book by Laurie R. King. The story is about students, a school principal and her husband, the school police officer and janitor and what leads up to the school shooting and school lockdown. I thought it was great to have San Francisco police detective Martinelli play a brief par......more

Laurie R. King is the author of the long-running mystery series featuring Sherlock Holmes and his apprentice, Mary Russell. Here, in this standalone suspense novel, King takes on the story of one life-changing day at the troubled Guadalupe Middle School in San Felipe, CA. "A school had always been a......more

Imagine this: A middle school with a diverse ethnic and socio-economic population of students. It is career day and things are getting revved up but it feels like those in charge are preparing for a special ops operation. It might as well be Quantico but the question remains, 'Why"? There are several......more