A dangerous man

✍ Scribed by Cole, Elvis;Crais, Robert;Pike, Joe

• Book ID: 100561129
• Publisher: Penguin; G.P. Putnam's Sons
• Year: 2019
• Tongue: en-US
• Weight: 292 KB
• Series: Elvis Cole and Joe Pike novel 18
• Category: Fiction
• City: New York
• ISBN: 0525535713

✦ Synopsis

*A brilliant new crime novel from the beloved, bestselling, and award-winning master of the genre--and Joe Pike's most perilous case to date. *

Joe Pike didn't expect to rescue a woman that day. He went to the bank same as anyone goes to the bank, and returned to his Jeep. So when Isabel Roland, the lonely young teller who helped him, steps out of the bank on her way to lunch, Joe is on hand when two men abduct her. Joe chases them down, and the two men are arrested. But instead of putting the drama to bed, the arrests are only the beginning of the trouble for Joe and Izzy.

After posting bail, the two abductors are murdered and Izzy disappears. Pike calls on his friend, Elvis Cole, to help learn the truth. What Elvis uncovers is a twisted family story that involves corporate whistleblowing, huge amounts of cash, the Witness Relocation Program, and a long line of lies. But what of all that did Izzy know? Is she a perpetrator or a victim? And how far will Joe go to find out? **

Review

“Crais is a whip-smart writer. Cole and Pike are carefully drawn, multilayered characters who’ve grown more complex through the years. This is one of the very best entries in a long-running and still first-rate series.”-- Booklist ( starred review)

“Outstanding. . . Crais begins the story with deceptive simplicity but slowly ratchets up both the tension and the action with surgical precision. . . . The particular kind of danger [Joe Pike] carries is just plain off the charts. This one’s sure to hit the bestseller charts.”-- Publishers Weekly (starred review)

About the Author

Robert Crais is the author of 21 previous novels, sixteen of them featuring private investigator Elvis Cole and his laconic ex-cop partner Joe Pike. Before writing his first novel, Crais spent several years writing scripts for such major television series as Hill Street Blues, Cagney & Lacey, Miami Vice, Quincy, Baretta, and L.A. Law. He received an Emmy nomination for his work on Hill Street Blues , and one of his standalone novels, Hostage , was made into a movie starring Bruce Willis. His novels have been translated into 42 languages and are bestsellers around the world. A native of Louisiana, he lives in Los Angeles.

✦ Subjects

Pike, Joe -- (Fictitious character)