A Dangerous Man
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A brilliant new crime novel from the beloved, bestselling, and award-winning master of the genre--and Joe Pike's most perilous case to date.Joe Pike didn't expect to rescue a woman that day. He went to the bank same as anyone goes to the bank, and returned to his Jeep. So when Isabel Roland, the lonely young teller who helped him, steps out of the bank on her way to lunch, Joe is on hand when two men abduct her. Joe chases them down, and the two men are arrested. But instead of putting the drama to bed, the arrests are only the beginning of the trouble for Joe and Izzy.After posting bail, the two abductors are murdered and Izzy disappears. Pike calls on his friend, Elvis Cole, to help learn the truth. What Elvis uncovers is a twisted family story that involves corporate whistleblowing, huge amounts of cash, the Witness Relocation Program, and a long line of lies. But what of all that did Izzy know? Is she a perpetrator or a victim? And how far will Joe go to find out?

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Street Date
08/06/2019
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English
ISBN
9780525535713

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  • Lullaby Town (Elvis Cole/Joe Pike novels Volume 3) Cover
  • Free fall (Elvis Cole/Joe Pike novels Volume 4) Cover
  • Voodoo River (Elvis Cole/Joe Pike novels Volume 5) Cover
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  • The Last Detective (Elvis Cole/Joe Pike novels Volume 9) Cover
  • The forgotten man (Elvis Cole/Joe Pike novels Volume 10) Cover
  • The Watchman (Elvis Cole/Joe Pike novels Volume 11) Cover
  • Chasing darkness: an Elvis Cole novel (Elvis Cole/Joe Pike novels Volume 12) Cover
  • The first rule (Elvis Cole/Joe Pike novels Volume 13) Cover
  • The sentry (Elvis Cole/Joe Pike novels Volume 14) Cover
  • Taken (Elvis Cole/Joe Pike novels Volume 15) Cover
  • The promise (Elvis Cole/Joe Pike novels Volume 16) Cover
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  • Racing the light: a novel (Elvis Cole/Joe Pike novels Volume 19) Cover
  • The big empty (Elvis Cole/Joe Pike novels Volume 20) Cover

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NoveList provides detailed suggestions for series you might like if you enjoyed this book. Suggestions are based on recommendations from librarians and other contributors.
Fans who enjoy the hardboiled P.I. in Elvis Cole, and don't mind a twist of fantasy, will appreciate the Vincent Rubio mysteries, which feature a depressed, basil-addicted dinosaur investigating cases on his own since his partner was murdered. -- Katherine Johnson
Weiss and Bishop's San Francisco and Joe Pike's Los Angeles are seedy, dangerous cities, much like the protagonists themselves. These hardboiled crime tales are violent, suspenseful, and gritty with an undertone of dark humor. -- Mike Nilsson
The Donald Tremaine and Elvis Cole mysteries feature cool private detectives who tend to be smart-mouthed and unorthodox in their sleuthing methods. The books have snappy dialogue, nonstop action, and complex plots that stem from society's problems. -- Merle Jacob
Though August Snow is a bit more likeable than sarcastic, world-weary Elvis Cole, both hardboiled private investigators find themselves involved in treacherous cases in these suspenseful series. -- Stephen Ashley
The Elvis Cole novels and the Nameless Detective mysteries are character-driven tales packed with suspense, plot twists, and plenty of heart. Set in teeming West Coast cities, both feature complex protagonists and formidable villains. -- Mike Nilsson
These fast-paced hardboiled detective series both follow tough private investigators who are guided by strong moral compasses to do what they believe is right and find justice for those most in need. -- Stephen Ashley
Starring ex-military men who investigate crimes, these fast-paced mysteries are big on witty banter and snark. Although Cordell Logan owns a flight school and Elvis Cole is a professional P. I., both series have a hardboiled feel. -- Mike Nilsson
Though Detective Leonid McGill's willingness to bend laws is a bit stronger than private investigator Elvis Cole's, these authentic but tough investigators dive into the seedy underbelly of their big cities to solve a variety of twisted cases. -- Stephen Ashley
Readers who appreciate a tough private investigator unafraid of suffusing their work with sarcastic quips will appreciate both of these suspenseful hardboiled mystery series. Elvis Cole is a bit faster paced than Nils Shapiro. -- Stephen Ashley

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Tim Cockey's Hitch and Robert Crais' Elvis demonstrate cockeyed optimism, witty cynicism, comic commentary, and dogged loyalty and devotion to what's right and just. Hitch is a mortician rather than a private eye like Elvis, but both solve mysteries in short order, zipping through to satisfying conclusions. -- Katherine Johnson
Though Barbara Seranella's tone is darker than Robert Crais', their protagonists have the same cockeyed brand of honor in their fast-paced, noir-like, compelling mysteries. -- Katherine Johnson
Don Winslow's Neal Carey mysteries have similar qualities to Robert Crais' Elvis Cole stories. Their stories involve protecting persons unable to protect themselves and feature not only a strong sense of honor, exotic and intricately plotted mysteries, and satisfying resolutions, but witty commentary by the lead detectives. -- Katherine Johnson
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Published Reviews

Booklist Review

Joe Pike, ex-cop, ex-military, and sometime mercenary, goes to his bank to do a little routine business. The young teller who helps him leaves for lunch a few minutes later. Outside, she's snatched by two men, who toss her into the backseat of a car. Pike sees what's happening and quickly disables the two men and brings in the cops to clean up. Isabel Roland, the teller, assumes she was the potential victim of a sex kidnapping. When the two kidnappers are released on bond and subsequently murdered, it's apparent something else is going on. Isabel disappears. Pike enlists his partner, PI Elvis Cole, to investigate. A retired U.S. marshal, whom Isabel called Uncle Ted, is also dead. He was brutally tortured before death. Cole digs deeper and finds indications that Ted, who was involved in the witness protection program, had relocated Isabel's parents to protect them. Cole isn't the human wrecking ball that Pike is, but he's no slouch as a detective, and the two find Isabel promptly, with Pike dispatching some bad guys along the way. But Isabel's hunters keep coming. Crais is a whip-smart writer. Cole and Pike are carefully drawn, multilayered characters who've grown more complex through the years. This is one of the very best entries in a long-running and still first-rate series.--Wes Lukowsky Copyright 2019 Booklist

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Publisher's Weekly Review

In MWA Grand Master Crais's outstanding 18th Elvis Cole and Joe Pike novel (after 2017's The Wanted), Elvis, a private detective, and Joe, a very private paramilitary contractor, try to determine why young Los Angeles bank teller Isabel Roland was seized by kidnappers after she left the bank on a lunch break. Only Joe's fortuitous intervention saved her at the time--but another kidnapping attempt succeeds. But who wants Isabel and why? Now Joe and Elvis have to locate Isabel and rescue her from a coterie of extremely proficient hired guns. Crais begins the story with deceptive simplicity but slowly ratchets up both the tension and the action with surgical precision. The scenes in which Joe saves Isabel from her captors and the final shoot-out among a colorful array of hit men, police, and U.S. Marshals stand as high-water marks among Crais's illustrious crime oeuvre. So, who is the dangerous man to which the book's title refers? Who but the stoic Joe Pike, demonstrating yet again why the particular kind of danger he carries is just plain off the charts. This one's sure to hit the bestseller charts. Author tour. Agent: Aaron Priest, Aaron M. Priest Literary. (Aug.)

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Kirkus Book Review

If you've always wished Lee Child's Jack Reacher had a little more balance in his lifebut the same formidable talentsyou'll love Joe Pike and the latest book in this long, superb series (The Wanted, 2017, etc.).All Joe wanted to do was go to the bank and make a deposit. He knew Isabel Roland, the young teller, seemed a little interested in him, but he doesn't mix romance and money. Sitting in his car shortly after leaving the bank, though, he notices Isabel walking outside and putting on a pair of sunglasses, and then he sees her talking to a man and disappearing into an SUV with him, "a flash of shock in her eyes." Joe's trainingwhich includes stints in the Marine Corps, the Los Angeles Police Department, and "various private military contractors"makes him sit up and pay attention. He follows along in his own Jeep, and when the SUV stops for a traffic light, Isabel's abductors don't stand a chance. Then, when Isabel is kidnapped again, Joe feels compelled to find her. He enlists Elvis Cole, his longtime friend and private eye, whose laconic style and sharp wit are a helpful counterbalance to Joe's terse style. As they search for answers, more dead bodies pile up, and the men wonder just how innocent this bank teller really is. Told from the alternating perspectives of Joe, Elvis, and various criminals, the story becomes multilayered while the tension builds. Crais never loses control of his clean, clear prose or his ability to sketch fully fleshed characters in a few scenes, with Joe providing the action and Elvis providing the insight.A taut, exceptional thriller. Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.

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Booklist Reviews

*Starred Review* Joe Pike, ex-cop, ex-military, and sometime mercenary, goes to his bank to do a little routine business. The young teller who helps him leaves for lunch a few minutes later. Outside, she's snatched by two men, who toss her into the backseat of a car. Pike sees what's happening and quickly disables the two men and brings in the cops to clean up. Isabel Roland, the teller, assumes she was the potential victim of a sex kidnapping. When the two kidnappers are released on bond and subsequently murdered, it's apparent something else is going on. Isabel disappears. Pike enlists his partner, PI Elvis Cole, to investigate. A retired U.S. marshal, whom Isabel called Uncle Ted, is also dead. He was brutally tortured before death. Cole digs deeper and finds indications that Ted, who was involved in the witness protection program, had relocated Isabel's parents to protect them. Cole isn't the human wrecking ball that Pike is, but he's no slouch as a detective, and the two find Isabel promptly, with Pike dispatching some bad guys along the way. But Isabel's hunters keep coming. Crais is a whip-smart writer. Cole and Pike are carefully drawn, multilayered characters who've grown more complex through the years. This is one of the very best entries in a long-running and still first-rate series. Copyright 2019 Booklist Reviews.

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Library Journal Reviews

Joe Pike rescues young bank teller Isabel Roland from two abductors, and then things get complicated. The abductors are murdered, Izzy vanishes, and Joe's buddy Elvis digs up a crazy family story involving whistle-blowing, the Witness Relocation Program, and more.

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Publishers Weekly Reviews

In MWA Grand Master Crais's outstanding 18th Elvis Cole and Joe Pike novel (after 2017's The Wanted), Elvis, a private detective, and Joe, a very private paramilitary contractor, try to determine why young Los Angeles bank teller Isabel Roland was seized by kidnappers after she left the bank on a lunch break. Only Joe's fortuitous intervention saved her at the time—but another kidnapping attempt succeeds. But who wants Isabel and why? Now Joe and Elvis have to locate Isabel and rescue her from a coterie of extremely proficient hired guns. Crais begins the story with deceptive simplicity but slowly ratchets up both the tension and the action with surgical precision. The scenes in which Joe saves Isabel from her captors and the final shoot-out among a colorful array of hit men, police, and U.S. Marshals stand as high-water marks among Crais's illustrious crime oeuvre. So, who is the dangerous man to which the book's title refers? Who but the stoic Joe Pike, demonstrating yet again why the particular kind of danger he carries is just plain off the charts. This one's sure to hit the bestseller charts. Author tour. Agent: Aaron Priest, Aaron M. Priest Literary. (Aug.)

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Crais, R. (2019). A Dangerous Man . Penguin Publishing Group.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Crais, Robert. 2019. A Dangerous Man. Penguin Publishing Group.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Crais, Robert. A Dangerous Man Penguin Publishing Group, 2019.

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Crais, R. (2019). A dangerous man. Penguin Publishing Group.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Crais, Robert. A Dangerous Man Penguin Publishing Group, 2019.

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