The Lock Box

By: Parker Adams

Narrated by: Daniela Acitelli

When an army-vet-turned-safecracker is forcibly recruited to be part of a dangerous heist, she'll need all her skills to get out alive in this fast-paced thriller.

Nearly a decade after getting chased out of the Army for fighting back against abuse, Monna Locke's skill and discretion have made her the go-to safecracker for Los Angeles clients who need vaults opened and no questions asked. When a lawyer hires her to retrieve a box from his client's mansion, it seems like an easy payday—until she opens the safe and is immediately attacked by heavily-armed men.

Locke barely escapes and returns to her isolated cabin only to find the client waiting in her home, threatening what she holds most dear: her son, Evan. After being knocked unconscious, she wakes up across the country, trapped in her own personal nightmare: she and Evan will be held captive until she helps a seedy crew pull off a seemingly impossible heist.

Forced to practice breaking into the most impenetrable safe ever designed, Locke bides her time and eyes her escape routes. She knows there's no way to finish the job she's been forced into, but it's either crack the lock, or lose everything.

©2024 Joseph Reid (P)2024 HighBridge, a division of Recorded Books

Good premise, bad MC and bad narrator

First the narrator reads way too dramatically. I don’t need all that drama read in for the character. Supposedly a strong female character, but one that doesn’t think smartly and one that puts the child she supposedly cares about at the bottom of the priorities as she’s always trying to escape. She never seems to think first what would happen to the boy if she implements her escape plan. I like the premise of a safe cracker mystery, but this was otherwise a waste of a credit.