Robert Crais

«Un thriller lleno de tensiones con momentos que te dejan la boca abierta y suspense que no te permitirán abandonarlo. Debería ser lectura obligatoria.»Associated Press«Uno de los mejores escritores

After Joe Pike saves a man's life, the man's family seems oddly resentful. Maybe because they're not who they seem to be-including the seductive Dru. But it's more than a charade-it's a trap. And Pik

Dru Rayne y su tío huyeron a Los Ángeles tras el desastre causado por el huracán Katrina. Sin embargo, tras cinco años en la ciudad, se enfrentan a un nuevo peligro. Cuando Joe Pike es testigo de cómo le dan una paliza al tio de Dru, les ofrece su ayuda, pero ninguno de ellos la acepta y tampoco le dan ninguna explicacion de por que hay unos misteriosos agentes del FBI siguiendoles los pasos.A medida que los niveles de violencia se hacen mayores, y el propio Pike se convierte en un objetivo, Elvis Cole y el averiguaran que Dru y su tio no son quienes parecen y que todo lo que creia saber de ella no es mas que una mentira.Una venganza, una amenaza que procede de su pasado les ha dado caza y solo Pike y Cole pueden protegerles.

Nita Morales no parece muy preocupada cuando contrata a Elvis Cole. Ha recibido una llamada pidiendo un rescate por su hija a la que supuestamente han secuestrado, pero ella está segura de que se trata de un engaño, de que su hija se ha marchado por voluntad propia con su novio y de que los jovenes solo quieren sacarle dinero: "Cuando creen que un chico las quiere, hasta las chicas mas listas hacen estupideces". Poco despues, sin embargo, Elvis Cole y Joe Pike demuestran que Nita no puede estar mas equivocada. La joven pareja ha caido en manos de los bajadores, profesionales que no tan solo actuan contra inocentes sino contra otros de su misma calaña. Roban drogas, y armas, y compran y venden personas como si se tratara de objetos. Aquellos que no les reportan beneficios son asesinados sin mas. Despues de dar con una serie de indicios que parece que les pueden conducir a las victimas y a sus captores, Cole y Pike se preparan para el peligroso encuentro pero es entonces cuando la trama dara una vuelta que dejara a los detectives a merced de unos asesinos sin conciencia ni piedad?

Criminales sin piedad, tráfico de seres humanos y los dos personajes de Crais más reconocidos por sus lectores: Elvis Cole y Joe Pike.Cuando Nita Morales contrata a Elvis Cole para que encuentre a su hija desaparecida, no se muestra demasiado preocupada, aunque ya ha recibido una llamada en la que se le pide un rescate. Esta segura de que se trata de un engaño, de que su hija se ha marchado voluntariamente con el que ella solo llama "ese chico" y de que necesitan el dinero: "Hasta las chicas mas listas hacen estupideces, cuando creen que un chico las quiere".Sin embargo, Nita se equivoca. La joven y su novio han sido secuestrados por bajadores, criminales que atacan a otros criminales, profesionales que no solo actuan contra inocentes sino contra otros de su misma calaña. Roban drogas, armas y personas y compran y venden a sus victimas como si se tratara de objetos. Aquellos que no les reportan beneficios son asesinados sin mas.Elvis Cole y Joe Pike encontraran el lugar donde los secuestraron. Hay marcas de neumaticos, casquillos de balas y manchas de sangre. Las cosas no podrian estar peor, pero ellos tambien se equivocaran.De incognito, su intencion es encontrar a la pareja y comprarlos, pero entonces Cole tambien sera secuestrado y solo quedara Pik

LAPD cop Scott James is not doing so well. Eight months ago, a shocking late-night assault by unidentified men killed his partner Stephanie, nearly killed him, and left him enraged, ashamed, and ready to explode. He is unfit for duty - until he meets his new partner. Maggie is not doing so well, either. A German shepherd who survived three tours in Iraq and Afghanistan sniffing out explosives before losing her handler to an IED. They are each other's last chance. Shunned and shunted to the side, they set out to investigate the one case that no one wants them to touch: the identity of the men who murdered Stephanie. What they begin to find takes them both on a journey through the darkest moments of their own personal hells. Whether they will make it out again, no one can say.

Elvis Cole and Joe Pike are joined by Suspect heroes Scott James and his K-9 partner, Maggie, in the new masterpiece of suspense from the #1 New York Timesbestselling author.Loyalty, commitment, the fight against injusticethese are the things that have always driven Elvis Cole and Joe Pike. If they make a promise, they keep it. Even if it could get them killed.When Elvis Cole is hired to locate a woman who may have disappeared with a stranger she met online, it seems like an ordinary caseuntil Elvis learns the missing woman worked for a defense contractor and was being blackmailed to supply explosives components for a person or persons unknown.Meanwhile, in another part of the city, LAPD officer Scott James and his patrol dog, Maggie, enter an abandoned building to locate an armed and dangerous thief, only to discover far more than they expected: The fugitive is dead, the building is filled with explosives, and Scott and Maggie are assaulted by a hidden man who escapes in the chaos, all as a bloodied Joe Pike watches from the shadows.Soon, Scott and Maggie find themselves targeted by that man, and, as their case intertwines with Elvis and Joes, joining forces to follow the trail of the missing woman as well. From inner-city drug traffickers to a shadowy group of Afghan war veterans with ties to a terrorist cell, the people they encounter on that trail add up to ever-increasing odds, and soon the four of them are fighting to find the woman not only before she is killed . . . but before the same fate happens to one of them.

In the new suspense masterpiece from the #1 New York Timesbestselling series, Elvis Cole and Joe Pike team up with new heroes Scott James and his K-9 partner, Maggie.Elvis Cole and Joe Pike keep their promises. Even if it could get them killed.Elvis Cole is hired to find a woman whos disappeared, a seemingly ordinary case, until he learns the missing woman is an explosives expert and worked for a Defense Department contractor. Meanwhile, LAPD K-9 Officer Scott James and his patrol dog, Maggie, track a fugitive to a house filled with explosivesand a dead body. As the two cases intertwine, they all find themselves up against shadowy arms dealers and corrupt officials, and the very woman

A long time ago, Joe Pike asked for help. In return, he would, one day, be called upon to return the favour, no questions asked. That day has come. Joe Pike is asked to protect the life of Larkin Conner Barkley, a spoiled rich girl who happens to be a federal witness in a major case. But someone is leaking information about their whereabouts, and the killers are getting all too close. So Pike he hatches a plan: disappear into the anonymous underbelly of Los Angeles, turn the tables, and hunt down the hunters. Enlisting the help of Elvis Cole, Pike uncovers a web of lies and betrayals even the cops aren''t who they seem. But as the body count rises, it becomes clear that Pike''s biggest threat may be the girl herself - an edgy, yet intensely vulnerable soul determined to destroy herself, unless Joe can fill the void in her bruised heart.

Cualquiera que viva en el lado equivocado de la ley sabe que la regla de los dos minutos habla del tiempo que uno tiene para cometer un atraco antes de que la policía aparezca… Pero no todo el mundo

It is fire season, and the hills of Los Angeles are burning. As the Police and Fire Departments evacuate the inhabitants, they find something no one expected: the days-old corpse of a middle-aged recluse who apparently committed suicide. Then comes an even more horrible discovery. Clutched in his lap is a photo album containing photographs of seven young women who have been murdered. Each photograph was taken only moments after the women were killed, and could only have been taken by the killer. One murder per year for seven years, their bodies found in different parts of the city. LAPD homicide detectives had never connected the seven murders. But now with the discovery of the ''death album'' there is a link. Only one suspect had been charged in any of those cases but, with evidence supplied by Elvis Cole, in the end he walked free. That suspect was the suicide now discovered in the fire...and now the police are out for Cole...

The team thought that Frank Meyer had got out of the 'life' safely. He had put an end to his mercenary days, turned over a new leaf and settled down with his wife and children. It had been a hard decision but, encouraged by his boss and friend Joe Pike, he had walked away.