The Sentry by Robert Crais

The Sentry by Robert Crais

In The Watchman and The First Rule, Robert Crais put Joe Pike front and center for the first time, to remarkable effect: A beautifully crafted piece of story-telling (The Seattle Times); A high-octane thriller. Pike's unshakable belief in right and wrong provides a moral center (South Florida Sun-Sentinel); Joe Pike is a joy to watch, an urban Zen warrior priest righting wrongs. More Pike, please (Chicago Sun-Times).

But when Joe Pike does return, it is to a case that will rock him to his core.

Five years ago, Dru Rayne and her uncle fled from Louisiana to Los Angeles after Hurricane Katrina hit, but now they face a different kind of danger. A neighborhood protection gang savagely beats Dru's uncle, but Pike witnesses it and offers his own brand of protection. Oddly enough, neither of them seems to want it--and neither do the federal agents mysteriously watching their storefront, men who appear quite willing to let the gang have its way.

None of that deters Pike--there's something about Dru that touches him and he won't back away, whether she wants his help or not -- but as the level of violence escalates, and Pike himself becomes a target, he and Elvis Cole begin to discover some things. Dru and her uncle are not who they seem, and everything Pike thought he knew about them, their relationship to the gang, and the reasons they fled New Orleans--it's all been lies. A vengeful and murderous force is catching up to them. and it's perfectly happy to sweep Pike and Cole up in its wake.

Crais, Robert: - Robert Crais is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of more than twenty novels, many of them featuring private investigator Elvis Cole and his laconic ex-cop partner, Joe Pike. Before writing his first novel, Crais spent several years writing scripts for such major television series as Hill Street Blues, Cagney & Lacey, Miami Vice, Quincy, Baretta, and L.A. Law. He received an Emmy nomination for his work on Hill Street Blues, and one of his standalone novels, Hostage, was made into a movie starring Bruce Willis. His novels have been translated into forty-two languages and are bestsellers around the world. A native of Louisiana, he lives in Los Angeles.

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ISBN 13	9780399157073
ISBN 10	0399157077
Title	The Sentry
Author	Robert Crais
Series	Joe Pike Novels
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Penguin Putnam Inc
Year published	2011-01-11
Number of pages	306
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.