Sean Black

“Readers, meet Ryan Lock—a tough-guy hero for a new age.”—Gregg Hurwitz, New York Times bestselling author of Orphan XIn the heart of New York City, ex-military bodyguard Ryan Lock faces his most dangerous assignment yet.Tasked with protecting the CEO of a controversial biotech company...

Three action-packed novels from an author who “writes with the pace of Lee Child and the heart of Harlan Coben” (New York Times best-selling author Joseph Finder). Join ex-military bodyguard Ryan Lock as he thwarts his enemies and tackles impossibly dangerous missions!....

10 Years 13 Seconds is the story of Irish MMA fighter Conor McGregor's emergence as arguably the most compelling sporting figure of the past decade. An explosive 13-second demolition of....

Follow military veterans Ryan Lock and Ty Johnson as they confront a dark conspiracy in a remote college town, hunt down a cult group snatching young women in Los Angeles, broker a kidnap exchange in Budapest, and help a father save his only child from an abusive school for teens....

Convicted of a series of horrific crimes against female college students in Santa Barbara, wealthy playboy Charlie Mendez has fled across the US border into Mexico....

Maloney Investigation's newest private detective, Sofia Salgado, is back on the case that turns into her mother's worst nightmare....

When the daughter of a Chinese billionaire is kidnapped from her mansion in Arcadia, California, Ryan and Ty find themselves caught in the middle of a vicious standoff.Emily Yan is a Chinese "parachute kid", one of thousands of children sent to study in America by their ultra-wealthy parents...

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...

Sofia Salgado's latest case at Maloney Investigations has some pretty tempting ingredients: blackmail, male strippers, and whipped cream. When a friend of Sofia's mom finds herself the victim of blackmail, stuffy Aidan has to go undercover as an exotic dancer, much to Sofia's delight. Can Aidan...

Sixteen-year-old Dylan's life sucks. A careless driver cost him his leg, and as if that wasn't bad enough, he's being bullied at his new school. But a viral video and a life-changing encounter with a one-armed MMA fighter is about to change his life in ways he never could have imagined....

The third book in the brand new fast-paced, funny series that's perfect for fans of Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum books. Former child star Sofia Salgado is finding her feet as a trainee investigator at Malibu detective agency, Maloney Investigations, when a new case throws her, and everyone...

An isolated school for troubled teens. A series of mysterious deaths. A father frantically trying to rescue his daughter before it's too late. But when the law won't listen, who can he turn to? Private security operator Ryan Lock is back in the brand new novel from the master of the modern...

What do you get when you mix together an airhead heiress, a kooky cult leader, a giant plastic vagina, and a super-horny English Bulldog? The latest hilarious outing featuring former child star turned Malibu private investigator Sofia Salgado. Sofia, Brendan, and Aidan and the rest of the gang...

Fresh from a stint undercover in Pelican Bay's super-max prison in Northern California, Ryan Lock and his business partner, Ty Johnson, are in Los Angeles tasked with protecting a young Hollywood starlet....

Over the years, former military bodyguard Ryan Lock has made more than his fair share of enemies. It was only a matter of time before one of them came looking for payback....A serial rapist brutally murdered inside California's highest-security prison for women. A frantic gun battle in the...

Convicted of a series of horrific crimes against female college students in Santa Barbara, wealthy playboy Charlie Mendez has fled across the US border into Mexico. As one bounty hunter after another meets a grisly end at the hands of the murderous drug cartel his family have hired to keep him...

Maloney Investigation's new client? An eccentric vineyard owner convinced his even more eccentric neighbor is siphoning off his precious water. But of course it's not as simple as that....

A desperate mother. A disturbed son. A deadly secret.When Hollywood socialite Tarian Griffiths hires ex-military operative Ryan Lock to protect her son Marcus, she claims it's just precautionary. But Lock soon discovers there's much more to the story - including a restraining order, stalking...

Can US Marine Ty Johnson keep a young reporter alive long enough to uncover a gruesome secret hidden deep in the Florida Everglades?Nominated for the 2020 International Thriller Writers Award.Retired US Marine Ty Johnson is hired as the bodyguard for a young reporter investigating the brutal...

It sounds like easy money. Fly into Budapest. Handle the exchange in a straightforward kidnap for ransom case. Fly back home. Total time involved: 48 hours....