The organized criminal gangs of the former Soviet Union are bound by what they call the thieves' code. The first rule is this: A thief must forsake his mother, father, brothers, and sisters. He must have no family no wife, no children. We are his family. If any of the rules are broken, it is punisha
The First Rule
โ Scribed by Robert Crais
- Publisher
- Penguin Group US
- Year
- 2011;2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 161 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 1101163283
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โฆ Synopsis
When Frank Meyer and his family are executed in their home, the police begin investigating the secret life they're sure Meyer had. Joe Pike's on a hunt of his own: to clear his friend's name, and to punish the people who murdered him. What starts out as a simple trail gets twisted fast by old grudges, double crosses, blood vengeance, and a crime so terrible even Pike and his partner Elvis Cole have no way to measure it.
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