Laurie R. King is the New York Times bestselling author of fourteen Mary Russell mysteries, five contemporary novels featuring Kate Martinelli, the Stuyvesant & Grey novels Touchstone and The Bones of Paris, and the acclaimed A Darker Place, Folly, Califia's Daughters (written under the pen name Leigh Richards), and Keeping Watch. She lives in Northern California.
A fine thriller, as timely as it is gripping. --Booklist (starred review) [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. --Kirkus Reviews Lockdown [has] the tension of a ticking time bomb. --San Jose Mercury News Dramatic . . . harrowing. --Santa Cruz Sentinel King is a strong, purposeful writer with a keen eye for detail. . . . [This book earns] its page-turner status. --The Stranger Keeps readers guessing to the very end. --Charleston Currents