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Promise by Robert Crais (2015, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherPenguin Publishing Group

ISBN-10039916149X

ISBN-139780399161490

eBay Product ID (ePID)12038288275

Product Key Features

Book TitlePromise

Number of Pages416 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2015

TopicThrillers / Suspense, Crime, Mystery & Detective / General, Mystery & Detective / Private Investigators

GenreFiction

AuthorRobert Crais

Book SeriesAn Elvis Cole Novel Ser.

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.1 in

Item Length9.3 in

Item Width6.3 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2016-297523

TitleLeadingThe

ReviewsPraise for Suspect "Action-packed, deeply touching, and sure to be one of the best-written and most original crime novels of the year. Crais is one of the masters of modern crime fiction." --Associated Press "An exceptional novel. A rare hybrid--a first-class crime thriller and a story about love between two friends." -- The Huffington Post, Praise for The Promise "What a perfect book: It has layered, appealing characters, a riveting plot, a most satisfying ending - and a German shepherd!" -- Cleveland Plain Dealer "After 20 novels, Crais remains one of crime fiction's smartest and most effortless plotters. The story unfolds with supreme ease." -- Kirkus Reviews "Master crime fiction writer Crais delivers another winner.... For readers who long for character crossovers and unambiguous resolutions, this excellent thriller should fit the bill. A skillfully convoluted plot evolves ever so slowly and culminates in a satisfying finish that also successfully ties up multiple story lines." -- Library Journal Praise for Suspect "Action-packed, deeply touching, and sure to be one of the best-written and most original crime novels of the year. Crais is one of the masters of modern crime fiction." --Associated Press "An exceptional novel. A rare hybrid--a first-class crime thriller and a story about love between two friends." -- The Huffington Post, Praise for Suspect "Action-packed, deeply touching, and sure to be one of the best-written and most original crime novels of the year. Crais is one of the masters of modern crime fiction." -Associated Press "An exceptional novel. A rare hybrid-a first-class crime thriller and a story about love between two friends." - The Huffington Post, "What a perfect book: It has layered, appealing characters, a riveting plot, a most satisfying ending--and a German shepherd! Investigator Elvis Cole thinks he's finding a missing woman, but what unfolds is a case involving explosives, terrorists, betrayals, and broken hearts. Grade: A."-- Cleveland Plain Dealer "Robert Crais takes the most popular characters from previous novels and shakes them up in an intense and thrilling mystery. Crais delivers a master class in writing with this latest novel."--Associated Press "After 20 novels, Crais remains one of crime fiction's smartest and most effortless plotters. The story unfolds with supreme ease."-- Kirkus Reviews "Master crime fiction writer Crais delivers another winner....For readers who long for character crossovers and unambiguous resolutions, this excellent thriller should fit the bill. A skillfully convoluted plot evolves ever so slowly and culminates in a satisfying finish that also successfully ties up multiple story lines."-- Library Journal "MWA Grandmaster Crais is at the top of his game."-- Publishers Weekly (starred review)

Dewey Edition23

Dewey Decimal813/.54

SynopsisElvis 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., Elvis Cole and Joe Pike are joined by Suspect heroes LAPD K-9 Officer Scott James and his German shepherd, Maggie, in the new heart-stopping thriller from #1 New York Times -bestselling author Robert Crais. Loyalty, commitment, and the fight for justice have always driven Elvis Cole and Joe Pike. If they make a promise, they keep it. Even if it could get them killed. When Elvis Cole is secretly hired to find a grief-stricken mother, he's led to an ordinary house on a rainy night in Echo Park. Only the house isn't ordinary, and the people hiding inside are a desperate fugitive and a murderous criminal with his own dangerous secrets. As helicopters swirl overhead, Scott and Maggie track the fugitive to this same house, coming face-to-face with Mr. Rollins, a killer who leaves behind a brutally murdered body and enough explosives to destroy the neighborhood. Scott is now the only person who can identify him, but Mr. Rollins has a rule: Never leave a witness alive. For all of them, the night is only beginning. Sworn to secrecy by his client, Elvis finds himself targeted by the police even as Mr. Rollins targets Maggie and Scott. As Mr. Rollins closes in for the kill, Elvis and Joe join forces with Scott and Maggie to follow a trail of lies where no one is who they claim -- and the very woman they promised to save might get them all killed.

LC Classification NumberPS3553.R264P76 2015b