Book Club: The Midnight Lock

Join your fellow book lovers for the May edition of our Monthly Book Club!

We will be discussing "The Midnight Lock", by Jeffery Deaver, the "master of ticking-bomb suspense" (People). A woman awakes in the morning to find that someone has picked her apartment's supposedly impregnable door lock and rearranged personal items, even sitting beside her while she slept. The intrusion, the police learn, is a message to the entire city of carnage to come. Lincoln Rhyme and Amelia Sachs are brought to investigate and soon learn that the sociopathic intruder, who calls himself "the Locksmith", can break through any lock or security system ever devised. With more victims on the horizon, Rhyme, Sachs and their stable of associates must follow the evidence to the man's lair... and discover his true mission. Their hunt is interrupted when an internal investigation in the police force uncovers what seems to be a crucial mistake in one of Rhyme's previous cases. He's fired as a consultant for the NYPD and must risk jail if he investigates the Locksmith case in secret.

The Midnight Lock is a roller-coaster read that takes place over just a few days' time, features surprise after surprise and offers a fascinating look at the esoteric world of lockpicking. Copies of the book are available on the Hockley Library Shelf in the craft room and as free e-books and e-audiobooks from the Harris County Public Library collection! Please stop by the center, call, or visit hcp4.net/events to register.

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