Deadlock, James Byrne
Deadlock, James Byrne
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Deadlock
A Thriller

Author: James Byrne

Narrator: John Keating

Unabridged: 10 hr 57 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/08/2023


Synopsis

In this sequel to the highly praised The Gatekeeper, Dez Limerick, one of the best new thriller heroes returns.

Desmond Aloysius Limerick ("Dez" to his friends and close personal enemies) is a man with a shadowy past, certain useful hard-won skills, and, if one digs deep enough, a reputation as a good man to have at your back. Now retired from his previous life, Dez is just a bloke with a winning smile, a bass guitar, and bullet wounds that paint a road map of past lives.

Jaleh Swann, a business journalist hot on the trail of an auditor who was mugged and killed, lands in the hospital just one day after her Portland apartment is ransacked. When Jaleh’s sister, Raziah, reaches out to an old friend for help, Dez has no choice but to answer. The Swann sisters have been pulled into a dizzying web of cover-ups and danger. At the center lies an insidious Oregon-based tech corporation, Clockjack, which has enough money and hired guns to silence just about anyone—including this rag-tag trio. Luckily, Dez’s speciality is not just to open doors, but keep them open—and protect those working to expose Clockjack’s secrets.

More stands in the way of the truth than just one corporation. When hired thugs come to the finish the job and attack the Swann sisters at the hospital, Dez does what he does best. Now, the two captured men (and the corpse Dez left behind) attract the attention of not just Clockjack, but of the Portland police, the D.E.A, and the U.S. Marshalls. Dez and the Swann sisters are on the run from powers beyond their control and means. Outnumbered, under resourced and outgunned, Dez must use all his skills to keep his friends safe and stand up to corporate conniving. After all, the one thing Clockjack didn’t count on? A good man with a simple job to do.

A Macmillan Audio production from Minotaur Books.

About James Byrne

JAMES BYRNE is the pseudonym for an author who has worked for more than twenty years as a journalist and in politics. A native of the Pacific Northwest, he lives in Portland, Oregon.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Jeremy on April 30, 2023

I had high hopes for the second book featuring Desmond Aloysius Limerick and Deadlock (Dez) did not disappoint! Honestly, the ledge I put Dez on was in no way fair to James Byrne and he still met the challenge. Dez is a "Gatekeeper"--long thought to be an urban legend-- they can open any door, keep......more

Goodreads review by Sandra on August 13, 2023

DEADLOCK is the second book in James Byrne's Dez Limerick series. To say this book is a fast-paced, tension laden thriller is a gross understatement. Like its predecessor THE GATEKEEPER, the action is nonstop with explosive scenes setting the pages on fire through twists and turns readers and antago......more

Goodreads review by Bam cooks the books on August 03, 2023

Move over, Jack Reacher, Evan Smoak--here comes Desmond Aloysius Limerick! In this second outing, Dez has retired and has been living in LA, playing his guitar, when his friend, Raziah Swann calls from Portland, Oregon, needing his help--her sister Laleh, a business reporter, was attacked on the str......more

Goodreads review by Judy on July 30, 2023

This is a complex, delicious thriller that will keep you turning the pages late into the night. A great heroic adventure with lots of tension building to a climax. If you like thrillers, you will enjoy this one. It says this a squel to The Gatekeeper by James Byrne, but I hadn't read that one and ha......more

Goodreads review by Chris on May 06, 2023

Brilliantly crafted. Twists you cannot anticipate with non stop action. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This story was a trip to read. Once you settle into the language pattern of the main character, the story becomes better with each turn of the page. One thing that many thrillers have in common is they......more


Quotes

"Exhilarating." —Publisher's Weekly

"Adreline-charged! An action-packed, twist-a-minute thrill ride... Dez is the hero we never knew we needed." —Lisa Gardner