Reviewing The Locked Trilogy in Few Words - Not That They Need Many More: A Brilliant Series of Books


By GB Williams

I know I am cheating with the review of this brilliant trilogy by copying the blurb of the books as a description of these stories. But I’ve been promising myself I will catch up on as many reviews as I can before the end of 2019. It’s been an odd year at the Barrow household, one way and another and reviewing, I’m sorry to say, has been overlooked.  I usually give a breakdown on all the components of a novel: characters, dialogue, setting, plot etc. But I’m hoping I can show how much I enjoyed reading this trilogy in the following extremely succinct way:

Ariadne Teddington and Charlie Bell are strong, well rounded characters that it’s impossible not to care about, the dialogue of all the characters is believable and well written, the settings give a strong sense of place and, last of all, the plots are actually … mind- blowing. I was totally absorbed from beginning to end.  I cannot recommend them enough to any reader who loves a great crime thriller – and that’s all I can say, really.

 Locked Up (The Locked Trilogy Book 1: https://amzn.to/2MpgXTD



A prison officer and a convicted killer must work together to solve a brutal murder and expose conspiracy inside a prison.
Ariadne Teddington is surrounded by people who lie but that is to be expected when you work in prison where every man claims to be innocent.
Charlie Bell, an ex-Detective, now finds himself in that prison serving time for murder after having taken the law into his own hands.
When a fellow inmate is killed Charlie is asked to investigate the case from the inside. Soon Charlie finds himself working with Ariande but she is a guard, he is an inmate and some lines should never be crossed…
Can two people on different sides of the law come together to solve the case?
And do the answers lie closer to home than anyone ever imagined?

Locked In. (The Locked Trilogy Book 2): https://amzn.to/39bjtq6


Ariadne Teddington is having a bad day.  Then she finds herself staring down the barrel of a gun.
Stuck in a bank robbery turned hostage situation, Ariadne keeps her head down and her mouth shut; because if there is one thing criminals hate more than the police it’s prison guards.
Trapped with a child, a policeman, and a robber on the edge, Ariadne desperately searches for a way out for them.
Can they all escape unharmed?
And when everyone is locked in, will anyone get out alive?

Locked Down (The Locked Trilogy Book 3): https://amzn.to/395ns7M



What DCI Piper dredges up when investigating the cold case of Terrence Whittaker’s disappearance is unexpected and unwelcome - especially when it links to a current missing persons case.
Charlie Bell’s only goal in life is ending the tyranny of the Mansel-Jones crime family.
While Ariadne Teddington recovers after a car crash, her missing brother's case is reopened, and a past she has always struggled to deal with comes back to haunt her.
Finding the new lodger isn’t who she was expecting makes life a rollercoaster she can’t get off.
What will it take to get a criminal locked down for once and for all?
Can the present overcome the past?
And can any of them afford the price?


About the Author:

GB Williams says," I like to walk on the darker side, thankfully Bloodhound Books have allowed me to walk with them.

Once upon a time I was going to walk around Europe. Then I met a guy. I kept the guy, kissed the travel goodbye.

Now I live and work and write in old South Wales, and frequently get mistaken for Clair from New Zealand - no idea why the Clair, but I grew up in Kent, and New Zealand is sort of halfway between Kent and South Wales - if you go the long way around."

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