A vacation he couldn't refuse. A murder he didn't commit. A hellhole he needs to escape.Harry Hawkins, a tough and experienced former London cop, goes on a surprise vacation to Las Vegas with a group of lifetime friends, expecting to party hard. What he doesn’t expect is to wake up in a dead-end motel with a woman’s corpse in the bathroom and his memory shot to bits. As he starts to piece together the events that led him there he is moved, by an unseen hand, to a brutal high-security prison, where a reception committee has been eagerly awaiting his arrival. Friendless and alone, he is forced to use every resource of character to survive constant violence, humiliation...and worse. Can he put together the series of seemingly unrelated events that led to his incarceration in a desert hellhole, and escape to take revenge on those who put him there before he loses his life? American Lockdown is the latest in the gripping series of thrillers featuring Harry Hawkins. If you like gritty, page turning action then you'll love the latest in this highly acclaimed series from the Robson brothers, a growing force in British crime fiction.