Turning to his friend Elvis Cole for help, Pike's investigation soon reveals a web of lies and deceptions, half-truths and betrayals, and the stunning revelation that even the cops are not who they seem. Richly textured, superbly poised, and charged with unrelenting suspense, CITY OF THE SUN introduces a private detective as complex, idiosyncratic, and sympathetic as Craiss Elvis Cole and Connellys Harry Bosch. His inspirations for writing were Raymond Chandler, Dashiell Hammet, Ernest Hemmingway, Robert B. THE WATCHMAN is as good a psychological test case as it is a thriller. When she hires Elvis to find her missing son, a controversial podcaster named Josh Shoe, she brings a bag filled with cash. Robert Crais: Reviews - The Watchman ROBERT CRAIS: REVIEWS - THE WATCHMAN THE WATCHMAN RAVES FROM AROUND THE WORLD 'Packed with whiplash plot twists and taut dialogue, Crais' latest deftly reveals the taciturn, damaged Joe Pike. Adele Schumacher isn't a typical worried mom.

He was adopted as a child and has no siblings. Private investigator Elvis Cole and his enigmatic partner Joe Pike are back on the case in this brilliant new thriller from 1 New York Times bestselling author Robert Crais. And when Pike learns that the man he'll be working for is one of his oldest and most trusted friends - his former LAPD training officer, Bud Flynn - Pike signs on and commits himself to protecting the girl's life.īut Pike and the girl immediately come under intense fire, and Pike realizes that someone is leaking information that could get them both killed. Robert Crais was born on Jin Independence Louisiana and currently lives with his wife and three cats in the Santa Monica Mountains in California. Joe owes a bad man a favor, and the favor is to protect Larkin, a spoiled, self-centered, rich girl who happens to be a federal witness in a case the feds are putting together to bust a crime cartel linking organized mobsters and West Coast industrialists. Marshals and the finest private security firm that money can buy can't protect Larkin Conner Barkley from the men who want her dead, her wealthy family hires the one man money can't buy to protect their daughter - Joe Pike. Robert Crais is the author of the bestselling Cole & Pike novels.

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