You've never met an investigator like Elvis Cole. And he's back in the extraordinary new thriller from global bestseller Robert Crais. Joe Pike didn't expect to rescue a woman that day. When Isabel Roland, the lonely young teller at his bank, steps out of work on her way to lunch, Joe Pike witnesses her attempted abduction. Thanks to his quick thinking, the two men are arrested. But the men soon make bail… and not long after, they're found murdered. The police suspect Pike and Isabel had a hand in it, especially when Izzy disappears. Convinced that she has been abducted again, Pike realises it is time to call on Elvis Cole to discover the truth. And then all hell breaks loose. * * * Praise for Robert Crais and his novels * * * ‘[Crais] expertly delivers his customary modern-day riff on the 1940s hardboiled idiom' Guardian ‘Another rewarding page-turner by one of the most reliable storytellers in modern crime fiction' Daily Mail ‘Cleverly plotted, stylishly written' Washington Post