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Praise for Taken “I have no criticisms of Robert Crais's work, other than I wish he could write as fast as I devour his work, which would require him to crank out— at the very least— a new book every week.”—Huffington Post “Wonderfully told, a punch-in-the-gut thriller that is not to be missed.”— The Providence Journal “[Crais’s] best-selling Elvis Cole/Joe Pike series gets better with every new book, and... Taken , is no exception.”—OregonLive.com “[ Taken ] would make a fine action-packed film.”— Publishers Weekly Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext The search for a missing girl leads private investigators Elvis Cole and Joe Pike into the nightmarish world of human trafficking in this #1 New York Times bestseller from Robert Crais. When Nita Morales hires Elvis Cole to find her missing daughter, she's sure it's a ruse orchestrated by the girl and her boyfriend. She's wrong. They've been taken by bajadores-border bandits who prey on the innocent by buying, selling, and disposing of victims like commodities. Cole and Joe Pike start an undercover investigation to find the couple, but their plan derails when Cole disappears, leaving Pike to burn through the murderous world of human traffickers to find his friend as well as the missing young people. But he may already be too late... Part 1 Elvis Cole 1 2 Joe Pike 3 4 5 Jack and Krista 6 Elvis Cole 7 8 9 10 Joe Pike 11 Elvis Cole 12 13 Jack and Krista 14 15 Elvis Cole 16 17 Jack and Krista 18 19 Jon Stone 20 Part 2 Elvis Cole 21 22 23 24 Jack and Krista 25 26 27 Part 3 28 Elvis Cole 29 Joe Pike 30 31 32 33 Jack and Krista 34 Elvis Cole 35 36 Part 4 Riverside County Jail 37 Joe Pike 38 39 40 41 the date farm 42 43 44 45 46 47 Suspect chapter excerpt Acknowledgments Prologue: JACK AND KRISTA Jack Berman wrapped his arms around his girlfriend, Krista Morales, and watched his breath fog in the cold desert air. Twenty minutes after midnight, fourteen miles south of Rancho Mirage in the otherwise impenetrable darkness of the Anza-Borrego Desert, Jack and Krista were lit in the harsh purple glare of the lights that blossomed from Danny Trehorn’s truck, Jack so much in love with this girl his heart beat with hers. Trehorn gunned his engine. “You guys comin’ or what?” Krista snuggled deeper into Jack’s arms. “Let’s stay a little longer. Just us. Not them. I want to tell you something.” Jack called to his friend. “Mañana, dude. We’re gonna hang.” “We roll early, bro. See you at nine.” “See us at noon.” “Pussy! We’ll wake your ass up!” Trehorn dropped back into his truck, and spun a one-...
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Praise for Taken
I have no criticisms of Robert Crais's work, other than I wish he could write as fast as I devour his work, which would require him to crank out at the very least a new book every week. Huffington Post
Wonderfully told, a punch-in-the-gut thriller that is not to be missed. The Providence Journal
[Crais s] best-selling Elvis Cole/Joe Pike series gets better with every new book, and...Taken, is no exception. OregonLive.com
[Taken] would make a fine action-packed film. Publishers Weekly
