#BookReview: Lockdown (NYPD Negotiators #3) by @Saradriscoll @KensingtonBooks

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ABOUT THIS BOOK:

When a horrific school shooting turns into a hostage situation, only Gemma Capello, the NYPD’s most skilled negotiator, has a chance to save innocent lives and end the crisis.It’s every parent’s nightmare—getting a call during the school day from their teenager, huddled in a classroom as the sound of bullets echo in the background. When gunmen invade a Brooklyn school, that nightmare becomes a horrific reality.Talking a suspect into sending his hostages out alive is NYPD Detective Gemma Capello’s specialty. Alerted to a school shooting at her nephew’s high school, she is one of the first officers on-scene. Detective Sean Logan and the Apprehension Tactical Team arrive next and immediately enter the school to apprehend the two shooters, while Gemma remains outside to help students evacuate. But as time stretches on, and there is no word of her nephew, her fear builds that he is one of the lost.Instead of a quickly-resolved mass shooting, one of the two shooters holes up with a group of students and their teacher as hostages, and Gemma steps in to negotiate for their survival. Floors away and armed with only her wits and the sound of her voice to convince him, Gemma fights for control of the situation even as tactical leadership pressures her for a more aggressive strategy. But for Gemma, it’s not about a quick solution. It’s about moving heaven and earth to bring everyone in that classroom home. And she’ll do whatever it takes to achieve that goal.

RAITING: ⭐⭐⭐⭐

REVIEW: Reading the description, I thought Lockdown would be predictable and a laid back leisurely read. Boy was I WRONG. This book gave me so much anxiety I had to take several breaks to calm myself down and return my heart rate to normal. It was like I was there in the story along side the main characters and was picturing how I would handle (and screw up) the situation. 

I read this book in less than 8 hours and have already added the first books of the series to my TBR. 

Please note the book has graphic descriptions and centers around a school shooting. 

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Posted in: 4 Stars, Adult, CharlseyD., Kensington Publishing Corporation, Netgalley, Review