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Robert Crais

    20 juni 1953

    Robert Crais staat bekend om zijn meeslepende misdaadromans, met name zijn bestsellers rond Elvis Cole. Hij combineert meesterlijk klassieke Amerikaanse detective-technieken met vernieuwende vertelstructuren, waarbij hij flashbacks en meerdere perspectieven gebruikt om zijn thema's diepgaand te belichten. Zijn werk wordt geprezen om het verleggen van genre-grenzen, met een stevige literaire basis die de complexiteit van zijn personages en hun tijd verkent.

    Robert Crais
    The Forgotten Man
    Hostage
    Before I Say Good-bye. Julie and Romero. Demolition Angel. Winter Solstice
    The Big Empty
    Hostage. Gijzeling
    Het beste boek: De tweeminutenregel, Dokter in Ierland, Vals, Tweede jeugd
    • The Big Empty

      • 352bladzijden
      • 13 uur lezen

      Featuring the beloved characters Elvis Cole and Joe Pike, this latest installment delivers relentless suspense and thrilling twists. Renowned author Robert Crais masterfully weaves a gripping narrative that keeps readers on the edge of their seats, showcasing his signature storytelling style. As the twentieth book in the series, it promises to engage both longtime fans and newcomers with its captivating plot and dynamic character interactions.

      The Big Empty
      4,4
    • Hostage

      • 496bladzijden
      • 18 uur lezen

      Former LAPD hostage negotiator Jeff Talley takes a job as chief of police in a small town far from the city, but his peaceful life is overturned when three young men, fleeing a robbery, invade a local home and take a family hostage

      Hostage
      4,3
    • Six months after nearly losing everything to the men who kidnapped his girlfriend's ten-year-old son, Elvis Cole is slowly coming back to life - when he receives an ominous phone call from the LAPD. An unidentified body has been found in a seedy Los Angeles alley. The only clue the cops have is a packet of newspaper articles about the past exploits of Elvis Cole - and the fact that before the man died, he said he was Elvis's father . . . Joe Pike is the only person who can help Elvis navigate his past. As they investigate, Elvis is haunted by the fact that, at last, he might have found his father. But with each clue they uncover, a troubling picture emerges about the dead man. And as Elvis and Joe approach his true identity, they unwittingly walk straight into a hornet's nest.

      The Forgotten Man
      4,3
    • Elvis Cole and Joe Pike are joined by Suspect heroes LAPD K-9 Officer Scott James and his German shepherd, Maggie, in this heart-stopping thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Robert Crais. Elvis Cole and Joe Pike keep their promises. Even if it could get them killed... Elvis Cole is hired to find a woman who’s disappeared, a seemingly ordinary case, until he learns the missing woman is an explosives expert and worked for a Defense Department contractor. Meanwhile, LAPD K-9 Officer Scott James and his patrol dog, Maggie, track a fugitive to a house filled with explosives—and a dead body. As the two cases intertwine, they all find themselves up against shadowy arms dealers and corrupt officials, and the very woman they promised to save may be the cause of their own deaths.

      The Promise
      4,2
    • A Dangerous Man

      • 339bladzijden
      • 12 uur lezen

      A brilliant new crime novel from the beloved, bestselling, and award-winning master of the genre--and Joe Pike's most perilous case to date.Joe Pike didn't expect to rescue a woman that day. He went to the bank same as anyone goes to the bank, and returned to his Jeep. So when Isabel Roland, the lonely young teller who helped him, steps out of the bank on her way to lunch, Joe is on hand when two men abduct her. Joe chases them down, and the two men are arrested. But instead of putting the drama to rest, the arrests are only the beginning of the trouble for Joe and Izzy.After posting bail, the two abductors are murdered and Izzy disappears. Pike calls on his friend, Elvis Cole, to help learn the truth. What Elvis uncovers is a twisted family story that involves corporate whistleblowing, huge amounts of cash, the Witness Relocation Program, and a long line of lies. But what of all that did Izzy know? Is she a perpetrator or a victim? And how far will Joe go to find out?

      A Dangerous Man
      4,2
    • 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.

      The Sentry
      4,2
    • L.A. Requiem

      • 416bladzijden
      • 15 uur lezen

      Ex-cop Joe Pike and his partner, private detective Elvis Cole, run afoul of the LAPD's elite Robbery-Homicide Division when they are hired to monitor the police investigation into the death of Joe's former lover, Karen Garcia.

      L.A. Requiem
      4,2