Book description
Dru Rayne and her uncle are Louisiana refugees who relocated to Los
Angeles after Hurricane Katrina. Now, five years after the storm, their
struggling restaurant faces a different danger. When Joe Pike witnesses
Dru's uncle beaten by a neighbourhood gang intent on extorting
protection money, he offers his own brand of protection. But neither Dru
nor her uncle want his help - and neither do the federal agents
mysteriously watching their store -- agents who seem more than willing
to let the gang have their way. But Pike is falling for Dru, and won't
back away whether she wants his help or not. As the violence escalates,
the gang targets Pike, who, with Elvis Cole's help, learns that Dru and
her uncle are not who they seem. It soon emerges that everything Pike
thought he knew about them, their relationship to the gang, and the
reasons they fled New Orleans have been lies. Now, a vengeful and
murderous force from their past is catching up with them, pitting Pike
and Cole against the combined forces of South American crime lords,
rogue federal agents, and contract assassins on the bloody hunt for
twelve million dollars in missing stolen cash. Robert Crais is the
author of the bestselling Cole & Pike novels. A native of Louisiana,
Crais moved to Hollywood in the late 70s where he began a successful
career in television, writing scripts for such major series as CAGNEY
& LACEY, MIAMI VICE and HILL STREET BLUES. In the mid 80s, following
his success with the TV buddy genre, Crais created a series of crime
novels based around the characters Cole & Pike. In addition, Crais
has also written several bestselling standalone thrillers. Robert Crais
lives in Los Angeles with his wife and family.
