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A Joe Pike Novel #3
by Robert Crais
Dru Rayne and her uncle fled to L.A. after Hurricane Katrina; but now, five years later, they face a different danger. When Joe Pike witnesses Dru's uncle beaten by a protection gang, he offers his help, but neither of them want it - and neither do the federal agents mysteriously watching them.
As the level of violence escalates, and Pike himself becomes a target, he and Elvis Cole learn that Dru and her uncle are not who they seem - and that everything he thought he knew about them has been a lie. A vengeful and murderous force from their past is now catching up to them ... and only Pike and Cole stand in the way.
"Starred Review. Crais just keeps getting better at giving depth to the laconic Pike and the anguished Cole" - Publishers Weekly
"Steve McQueen in The Magnificent Seven, Jack Reacher, and now Joe Pike: three cheers for testosterone! Stock up with multiple copies." - Library Journal
"[L]ongtime fans may find this one not quite up to the author’s high standards, but the demand will still be there." - Booklist
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Any "Author Information" displayed below reflects the author's biography at the time this particular book was published.
Crais is the
author of the best-selling Elvis Cole novels. A native of Louisiana, he grew up
on the banks of the Mississippi River in a blue collar family of oil refinery
workers and police officers. He purchased a secondhand paperback of Raymond
Chandler's The Little Sister when he was fifteen, which inspired his
lifelong love of writing, Los Angeles, and the literature of crime fiction.
Other literary influences include Dashiell Hammett, Ernest Hemingway, Robert B.
Parker, and John Steinbeck.
After years of amateur film-making and writing short fiction, he journeyed to
Hollywood in 1976 where he quickly found work writing scripts for such major
television series as Hill Street Blues, Cagney & Lacey, and
Miami Vice, as well as numerous series pilots and Movies-...
... Full Biography
Link to Robert Crais's Website
Name Pronunciation
Robert Crais: rhymes with face
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