The Promise: An Elvis Cole and Joe Pike Novel

Robert Crais

Nov 2015 · Joe Pike novel Book 16 · Sold by Penguin

About this ebook

Elvis Cole and Joe Pike are joined by Suspect heroes LAPD K-9 Officer Scott James and his German shepherd, Maggie, in this heart-stopping thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Robert Crais.
 
Elvis Cole and Joe Pike keep their promises. Even if it could get them killed...
 
Elvis Cole is hired to find a woman who’s 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 explosives—and a dead body. As the two cases intertwine, they all find themselves up against shadowy arms dealers and corrupt officials, and the very woman they promised to save may be the cause of their own deaths.

Ratings and reviews

Very well done. All the Elvis Cole novels are great. Really 5 star, but I'm a huge John D. MacDonald fan and Mr. Craise isn't quite at that level of poignancy. Yet.

The book has some annoying grammar and syntax mistakes. The editor must have been dozing off on the job.

Crais never lets me down. Another great read. Another book I couldn't put down until the end.

About the author

Robert Crais is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of more than twenty novels, many 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 forty-two languages and are bestsellers around the world. A native of Louisiana, he lives in Los Angeles.