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A reckoning has come to the City of Angels... Karen Garcia is missing and her father doesn''t trust the cops - he wantssomeone he knows on the case - so he enlists the help of Elvis Cole and Joe Pike. It seems that Karen is the latest victim of a distinctive serial killer and the police are determined to pin her death, and four others, on the witness who found her body. Cole doesn''t believe the man has the guts to murder, and with his partner and the police at each other''s throats, it''s down to him to find the connection that will reveal the killer. But nailing the murderer means choosing between the two people he cares most about...

‘Another grand slam for the master storyteller’ DAVID BALDACCI ‘A modern master of crime fiction’ GREGG HURWITZ ''Robert Crais is a legend who deserves his place alongside Chandler, Hammett & Himes as a true master of the crime and mystery genre'' STEVE CAVANAGH THE CITY OF ANGELS Adele Schumacher isn’t a typical worried mum. When she hires Elvis to find her missing son, a controversial podcaster named Josh Shoe, she brings a bag filled with cash, paranoid tales of government conspiracies, and a squad of mysterious bodyguards. Finding Josh should be simple, but Elvis quickly learns he isn’t alone in the hunt – a team of deadly strangers are determined to find Josh first. THE CITY OF LIES With dangerous secrets lurking behind every lead, Elvis needs his friend Joe Pike more than ever to uncover the truth about Josh, corrupt politicians, and the murderous business cartels rotting the heart of Los Angeles. And when his estranged ex-girlfriend Lucy Chenier and her son return to the city, Elvis realizes just how much he has to lose . . . if he survives. Written with the heart, humour, and relentless suspense for which Crais is famous, Racing the Light delivers Elvis Cole’s most dangerous case yet. __________________________ Why Crais is the King of Crime . . . ‘Robert Crais – and Joe Pike – will have you by the throat’ Independent ''Just keeps getting better and better'' Evening Standard ‘Robert Crais is hands-down the World’s Greatest Crime Fiction Writer’ Huffington Post ‘Expertly delivers his customary modern-day riff on the 1940s hardboiled idiom’ Guardia ''The Elvis Cole and Joe Pike novels are among the very finest series in existence. I love these books. You will too'' Steve Cavanagh ‘Cleverly plotted, stylishly written’ Washington Post

Larkin Conner Barkley, figlia di un facoltoso magnate di Los Angeles, è una ragazza giovane, bella e viziata, che considera la Cità degli Angeli il suo personale parco di divertimenti. La sua vita cambia radicalmente quando assiste a un brutto incidente stradale e diventa una scomoda testimone, costretta a vivere sotto protezione, nancosta in un luogo sicuro sotto l''occhio vigile di Joe Pike. Ma nemmeno per un ex marine ed ex poliziotto come Joe è facile fare i conti com il carattere di Larkin. Proprio mentre riesce com dificoltà a stabilire un rapporto con la ricca ereditiera, la vicenda della testimonianza comincia a rivelare risvolti inattesi e misteriosi. Alle prese con narcotrafficanti e riciclatori di denaro per conto del terrorismo, Joe, grazie anche all''aiuto del compagno di sempre, Elvis Cole, e del tecnico della Scientifica John Chen, riuscirà a rovesciare i ruoli con i suoi assalitori, trasformandosi da preda in cacciatore.

Dopo aver accettato un incarico strettamente riservato, Elvis Cole si mette sulle tracce di una madre sconvolta dal dolore e misteriosamente scomparsa. In una notte di pioggia incessante, la sua ricerca lo conduce nei pressi di una casa come tante a Echo Park, Los Angeles, dove le sue indagini incroceranno quelle dell''agente del Dipartimento di Polizia Scott James e del suo cane poliziotto, Maggie. A farli incontrare e metterli in scacco entrambi, loro malgrado, è Rollins, un feroce malvivente che ha lasciato dietro di sé un corpo senza vita ed esplosivi sufficienti a far saltare in aria tutto il vicinato. In fuga dalla polizia, l''uomo sembra essere collegato anche alla donna scomparsa che Cole sta cercando. L''agente Scott è l''unica persona in grado di identificare Rollins, che ha una regola ben precisa: non lasciare mai vivo un testimone. Costretto al silenzio dalla segretezza del suo incarico, Elvis Cole viene preso di mira dalla polizia stessa, mentre Scott e Maggie diventano bersagli di Rollins. I due casi ben presto si intrecciano e così Elvis e il fido Joe Pike decidono di unire le forze con Scott e Maggie e insieme si ritrovano a combattere contro l''ombra del terrorismo, trafficanti di armi, funzionari corrotti e bande criminali, in una storia dove nessuno è chi afferma di essere, forse neanche la donna che tutti hanno promesso di salvare. Con La promessa, il maestro del thriller Robert Crais ci regala un capolavoro di suspense che vede come protagonisti tutti i suoi personaggi più amati: Elvis Cole e Joe Pike stavolta faranno squadra con gli eroi de Il sospetto, Scott e Maggie, in una storia che terrà il lettore con il fiato sospeso dalla prima all''ultima pagina e che conferma, una volta di più, il talento di uno dei più grandi autori del genere.

Cuando Nita Morales contrata a Elvis Cole para que encuentre a su hija desaparecida, no se muestra demasiado preocupada, aunque ya ha recibido una llamada en la que se le pide un rescate. Está segura de que se trata de un engaño, de que su hija se ha...

The body of a young woman is discovered in the hills above LA. Just another murder, or a death that will rip apart a family and destroy the friendship between private investigator Elvis Cole and former police office Joe Pike.

John Michael Fowles has a natural talent: he understands explosives. He has a feel for them. It is a talent which he fully expects will take him onto the FBI''s Ten Most Wanted list. Along the way he will match himself against the best: the FBI''s elite team of bomb technicians and one person in particular - Carol Starkey, Detective in the LAPD Criminal Conspiracy Section. Starkey died for two minutes and forty seconds after being blown up by one of his bombs, and Fowles dearly wants her dead again. As the FBI attempt to find the link behind a series of bomb explosions that have been designed to kill their technicians, Special Agent Ben Williams stumbles on the bomber''s secret: his desire to kill Starkey. If Williams can keep this from Starkey he can set a trap and catch the bomber. A trap that uses Carol Starkey as bait.

Meet Elvis Cole. Vietnam veteran. Private eye. He quotes Jiminy Cricket. He carries a .38. He''s lean and mean but toves food and is determines not to grow up. Fifteen year old Teri Hewitt has been left holding the babies now that her dad, Clark, has disappeared without trace. She wants Elvis to find him. It should be a job for the social services but, as ever, Elvis can''t say no. The search for Clark reveals a chronically unemployed drug addict caught up in counterfeiting scams and mixed up with the russian Mafia and Vietnamese gunmen. Cole is led to Seattle while his partner, the dangerous Joe Pike is left behind in L.A. as babysitter-not something he relishes. As the action heads towards a gunfight in Disneyland and Cole dodges his almost-girlfriend''s husband, Indigo Slam shapes up into the most entertaining, exciting crime novel for years.

L.A.-based sleuth Elvis Cole is hired by a ruthless hotel magnate to find a priceless Japanese manuscript and finds himself trapped in a web of Japanese organized crime, treachery, and murder