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Author:

Crais, Robert.

Title:

The first rule / Robert Crais.

Edition:

Berkley premium ed.

Publisher:

Berkley Books,

Copyright Date:

2011, c2010

Description:

411 p. ; 19 cm.

Subject:

Pike, Joe (Fictitious character)--Fiction.
Cole, Elvis (Fictitious character)--Fiction.
Married people--Crimes against--Fiction.
Home invasion--Westwood--Westwood--Fiction.
Drug traffic--Los Angeles--Los Angeles--Fiction.
Private investigators--Los Angeles--Los Angeles--Fiction.
Pike, Joe (Fictional character)--Fiction.
Cole, Elvis (Fictional character)--Fiction.
Married people--Fiction.
Offenses against the person--Fiction.
Home invasion--Fiction.
Drug traffic--Los Angeles (Calif.)--Fiction.
Private investigators--Fiction.
Mystery fiction.
Mystery fiction.

Summary:

Frank Meyer, a former military contractor and mercenary who used to work with Joe Pike, loses his family when a professional crew raids his home, but when the police suspect Meyer to have been hiding something, Elvis Cole helps Pike search beyond grudges, blackmail, and double crosses in an effort to clear Meyer's name.

Series:

Joe Pike ; bk. 2
Joe Pike novel
Crais, Robert. Joe Pike novel.

Indexed by:

Library Journal Starred, December 2009
Publisher's Weekly, October 2009
Booklist, October 2009
New York Times, February 2010
Kirkus Review, November 2009

ISBN:

0425238121
9780425238127 (pbk.)

Locations:

MIPA194 -- Alta Vista Public Library (Alta Vista)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

SVPC124 -- Clarksville Public Library (Clarksville) — FIC CRA

VFPB334 -- Elgin Public Library (Elgin)

VGPC334 -- Fayette Community Library (Fayette)

FGPD194 -- New Hampton Public Library (New Hampton)

YOPB532 -- Olin Public Library (Olin)

HIPC765 -- Pocahontas Public Library (Pocahontas)

KQPC446 -- Winfield Public Library (Winfield)