The First Rule

Zusatztext “Is it possible for a crime novel to be both ultra-violent and elegant? If so! then  The First Rule is a prime example. The mayhem is graphic and unflinching! but the prose and story line are as sleek and efficient as a beautifully crafted piece of machinery.”— The Seattle Times “[ The First Rule ] will satisfy longtime fans and make new ones...well-written action sequences and snappy dialogue.”— Los Angeles Times “Crais follows a straightforward! no-nonsense tradition that marks him as a direct descendant of Raymond Chandler.”— Pittsburg Tribune-Review “A devastatingly effective thriller.”— The Providence Journal “Adrenaline-fueled...Pike emerges as an enigmatically appealing hero! whose lethal skills never overshadow his unflappable sense of morality.”— Publishers Weekly “Crais plants each twist carefully and detonates it expertly...Righteous vengeance! a reckless pace! astratospheric body count! and just enough surprises to keep you turning the pages.”— Kirkus Reviews  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 Joe Pike and his partner Elvis Cole must solve the murder of an old friend and his entire family in this gripping thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Robert Crais. When Frank Meyer and his family are executed during a home invasion, 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. Part One Professionals 1 AT TEN FOURTEEN THE following MORNING, approximately fifteen hours after the murders, helicopters were dark stars over the Meyer house when LAPD Detective-Sergeant Jack Terrio threaded his way through the tangle of marked and unmarked police vehicles, SID wagons, and vans from the Medical Examiner’s office. He phoned his task force partner, Louis Deets, as he approached the house. Deets had been at the scene for an hour. “I’m here.” “Meet you at the front door. You gotta see this.” “Hang on—any word on the wit?” A slim possibility existed for a witness—an Anglo female had been found alive by the first responders and identified as the Meyers’ nanny. Deets said, “Not so hot. They brought her over to the Medical Center, but she’s circling the drain. In the face, Jackie. One in the face, one in the chest.” “Hold a good thought. We need a break.” “Maybe we got one. You gotta see.” Terrio snapped his phone closed, annoyed with Deets and with the dead-end case. A home invasion crew had been hitting upscale homes in West L.A. and the Encino hills for the past three months, and this was likely their seventh score. All of the robberies had taken place between the dinner hour and eleven P.M. Two of the homes had been unoccupied at the time  of entry, but, as with the Meyer home, the other four homes had been occupied. A litter of nine-millimeter cartridge casings and bodies had...

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Is it possible for a crime novel to be both ultra-violent and elegant? If so, then The First Rule is a prime example. The mayhem is graphic and unflinching, but the prose and story line are as sleek and efficient as a beautifully crafted piece of machinery. The Seattle Times

[The First Rule] will satisfy longtime fans and make new ones...well-written action sequences and snappy dialogue. Los Angeles Times

Crais follows a straightforward, no-nonsense tradition that marks him as a direct descendant of Raymond Chandler. Pittsburg Tribune-Review

A devastatingly effective thriller. The Providence Journal

Adrenaline-fueled...Pike emerges as an enigmatically appealing hero, whose lethal skills never overshadow his unflappable sense of morality. Publishers Weekly

Crais plants each twist carefully and detonates it expertly...Righteous vengeance, a reckless pace, astratospheric body count, and just enough surprises to keep you turning the pages. Kirkus Reviews 

Product details

• Authors: Robert Crais
• Publisher: Putnam Publishing Group
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 28.12.2010
• EAN: 9780425238127
• ISBN: 978-0-425-23812-7
• No. of pages: 432
• Dimensions: 109 mm x 191 mm x 23 mm
• Series: Joe Pike; Joe Pike Novel; Elvis Cole and Joe Pike; An Elvis Cole and Joe Pike Novel; An Elvis Cole and Joe Pike Novel; Joe Pike; Elvis Cole and Joe Pike
• Subject: Fiction > Suspense