The Innocent (Ryan Lock Book 5)

Coach Malik Shaw’s life revolves around basketball, family, and doing the right thing.
But when a late-night visit to the college stadium leads to a shocking discovery, these pillars of his world begin to crumble. Caught between his instinct to protect a vulnerable child and pressure from university officials to let sleeping dogs lie, Malik finds himself in a high-stakes game where the rules are unclear and the consequences dire.
As he digs deeper, he uncovers a web of secrets that reaches the highest echelons of power and he has to turn to old friend, and Marine veteran, Ty Johnson, for help.
Can Ty and his partner Ryan Lock save Malik before it’s too late?
This pulse-pounding novel explores the lengths one man will go to fight injustice, even when the odds are stacked against him.
Sean Black is the record four-time nominee and 2018 winner of the International Thriller Writers Award.