The first rule
(Book)
Author:
NoveList Series:
Elvis Cole/Joe Pike novels volume 13.
Series:
Elvis Cole and Joe Pike novel ; volume 13.
Published:
New York : G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2010.
Format:
Book
Physical Desc:
308 pages ; 24 cm.
Status:
Description
From the New York Times-bestselling author who sets the standard for intense, powerful crime- writing comes a blistering thriller featuring Joe Pike and Elvis Cole.
The Watchman put Joe Pike, Elvis Cole's strong, taciturn partner, front and center, and not only won Robert Crais new audiences but remarkable reviews. The South Florida Sun-Sentinel said "Robert Crais elevates crime fiction" and now with The First Rule he does it again.
The organized criminal gangs of the former Soviet Union are bound by what they call the thieves' code. The first rule is this: A thief must forsake his mother, father, brothers, and sisters. He must have no family-no wife, no children. We are his family. If any of the rules are broken, it is punishable by death.
Frank Meyer had the American dream-until the day a professional crew invaded his home and murdered everyone inside. The only thing out of the ordinary about Meyer was that- before the family and the business and the normal life-a younger Frank Meyer had worked as a professional mercenary, with a man named Joe Pike. The police think Meyer was hiding something very bad, but Pike does not. With the help of Cole, he sets out on a hunt of his own-an investigation that quickly entangles them both in a web of ancient grudges, blood ties, blackmail, vengeance, double crosses, and cutthroat criminality, and at the heart of it, an act so terrible even Pike and Cole have no way to measure it. Sometimes, the past is never dead. It's not even past.
The First Rule is the most astonishing novel yet from the master of the crime thriller.
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The Watchman put Joe Pike, Elvis Cole's strong, taciturn partner, front and center, and not only won Robert Crais new audiences but remarkable reviews. The South Florida Sun-Sentinel said "Robert Crais elevates crime fiction" and now with The First Rule he does it again.
The organized criminal gangs of the former Soviet Union are bound by what they call the thieves' code. The first rule is this: A thief must forsake his mother, father, brothers, and sisters. He must have no family-no wife, no children. We are his family. If any of the rules are broken, it is punishable by death.
Frank Meyer had the American dream-until the day a professional crew invaded his home and murdered everyone inside. The only thing out of the ordinary about Meyer was that- before the family and the business and the normal life-a younger Frank Meyer had worked as a professional mercenary, with a man named Joe Pike. The police think Meyer was hiding something very bad, but Pike does not. With the help of Cole, he sets out on a hunt of his own-an investigation that quickly entangles them both in a web of ancient grudges, blood ties, blackmail, vengeance, double crosses, and cutthroat criminality, and at the heart of it, an act so terrible even Pike and Cole have no way to measure it. Sometimes, the past is never dead. It's not even past.
The First Rule is the most astonishing novel yet from the master of the crime thriller.
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Ashland Adult Detective
D CRAIS
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CRA
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FIC CRA
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F CRA
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FIC CRA bk.2
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CRA
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F CRA
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FIC CRA BK 13
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F CRA
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F Cra Elv Col #13
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FIC CRA C & P 13
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F CRA
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Fic CRA Bk 13
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F CRA
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FICTION Crais, Robert
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Crais
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Subjects
LC Subjects
Cole, Elvis -- (Fictitious character) -- Fiction.
Drug traffic -- California -- Los Angeles -- Fiction.
Home invasion -- California -- Westwood -- Fiction.
Married people -- Crimes against -- Fiction.
Pike, Joe -- (Fictitious character) -- Fiction.
Private investigators -- California -- Los Angeles -- Fiction.
Drug traffic -- California -- Los Angeles -- Fiction.
Home invasion -- California -- Westwood -- Fiction.
Married people -- Crimes against -- Fiction.
Pike, Joe -- (Fictitious character) -- Fiction.
Private investigators -- California -- Los Angeles -- Fiction.
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Language:
English
ISBN:
9780399156137
Notes
Description
Frank Meyer had the American dream-until the day a professional crew invaded his home and murdered everyone inside. The police think Meyer was hiding something very bad, but Joe Pike does not. With the help of Elvis Cole, Pike sets out on a hunt of his own--an investigation that quickly entangles them both in a web of ancient grudges, blood ties, blackmail, vengeance, double crosses, and cutthroat criminals.
Citations
APA Citation (style guide)
Crais, R. (2010). The first rule. New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Crais, Robert. 2010. The First Rule. New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Crais, Robert, The First Rule. New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2010.
MLA Citation (style guide)Crais, Robert. The First Rule. New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2010.
Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
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