In Robert Crais' latest Elvis Cole and Joe Pike thriller, A Dangerous Man (#858) when Joe Pike rescues a bank clerk from her abductors shortly after leaving that bank, he finds he has bitten off more than he can chew. Isabel Roland has been targeted, but the reason is a mystery, especially to Isabel herself. When she is snatched a second time, Pike calls in his partner Elvis Cole to find out who and what are behind the kidnappings, especially when the original kidnappers turn up dead, killed execution style.
In typical Crais fashion, the plot hums along, jumping from viewpoint to viewpoint to keep the reader up on the action. Run-ins with law enforcement and the criminal element abound as the body count mounts and Isabel is in constant danger. With some help from the right friends, the picture comes into focus, but at a definite cost to Pike.
It took me no time at all to read A Dangerous Man. I simply had to find out what happened next. In the end, justice was served and Cole and Pike both survive for further adventures. Robert Crais is a master of this genre.
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