Hammerlocke

Book excerpt: The skilled bodyguard John Locke has a different type of job this time. He must guard—more like babysit—the rebellious Herbie, whose dismayed grandmother decides that his defiant personality can be tamed by exposure to Renaissance culture. John Locke has the great honor of escorting young Herbie to Florence, Italy, where this obnoxious little brat accomplishes the impossible. Herbie manages to get himself kidnapped—we know that this kidnapper is truly deranged if he wants Herbie—and now Locke has to sift through a bunch of deadly women and a murder plot in order to save him. Full of action and suspense, Jack Barnao’s Hammerlocke will have you on the edge of your seat fighting the bad guys with Locke and hoping that Herbie will never be found.