The Promise: An Elvis Cole and Joe Pike Novel (An Elvis Cole Novel)

I've finished "The Promise" the 16th book in his Elvis Cole and Joe Pike series by Robert Crais.

Product Description

Elvis Cole and Joe Pike are joined by Suspect heroes LAPD K-9 Officer Scott James and his German shepherd, Maggie, in the new heart-stopping thriller from #1 New York Times-bestselling author Robert Crais.

Loyalty, commitment, and the fight for justice have always driven Elvis Cole and Joe Pike. If they make a promise, they keep it. Even if it could get them killed.

When Elvis Cole is secretly hired to find a grief-stricken mother, he's led to an ordinary house on a rainy night in Echo Park. Only the house isn't ordinary, and the people hiding inside are a desperate fugitive and a murderous criminal with his own dangerous secrets.

As helicopters swirl overhead, Scott and Maggie track the fugitive to this same house, coming face-to-face with Mr. Rollins, a killer who leaves behind a brutally murdered body and enough explosives to destroy the neighborhood. Scott is now the only person who can identify him, but Mr. Rollins has a rule: Never leave a witness alive.

For all of them, the night is only beginning.

Sworn to secrecy by his client, Elvis finds himself targeted by the police even as Mr. Rollins targets Maggie and Scott. As Mr. Rollins closes in for the kill, Elvis and Joe join forces with Scott and Maggie to follow a trail of lies where no one is who they claim -- and the very woman they promised to save might get them all killed.

About the Author

Robert Crais is the author of many New York Times bestsellers, most recently Suspect and Taken. This is his twentieth novel. He lives in Los Angeles.

Product Details
Series: An Elvis Cole Novel
Hardcover: 416 pages
Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons; First Edition first Printing edition (November 10, 2015)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 039916149X
ISBN-13: 978-0399161490

My Review:

4/5

Suspect [Hardcover]

I've finished "Suspect" by Robert Crais.

Product Description

The explosive new masterpiece of suspense from the #1 New York Times – bestselling author.

LAPD cop Scott James is not doing so well. Eight months ago, a shocking nighttime assault by unidentified men killed his partner Stephanie, nearly killed him, and left him enraged, ashamed, and ready to explode. He is unfit for duty — until he meets his new partner.

Maggie is not doing so well, either. A German shepherd who survived three tours in Iraq and Afghanistan sniffing explosives before losing her handler to an IED, her PTSD is as bad as Scott’s.

They are each other’s last chance. Shunned and shunted to the side, they set out to investigate the one case that no one wants them to touch: the identity of the men who murdered Stephanie. What they begin to find is nothing like what Scott has been told, and the journey will take them both through the darkest moments of their own personal hells. Whether they will make it out again, no one can say.

About the Author

Robert Crais is the author of many New York Times bestsellers, most recently Taken, which debuted at #1 on the New York Times bestseller list, and The Sentry. He lives in Los Angeles.

Product Details
Reading level: Ages 18 and up
Hardcover: 320 pages
Publisher: Putnam Adult; First Edition first Printing edition (January 22, 2013)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0399161481
ISBN-13: 978-0399161483

My Review:

One night LAPD officer Scott James is left for dead and his partner Stephanie is killed which has left him feeling angry, guilty and he's about to explode.

Maggie is a ex-military work dog who was injured in the line of duty and lost her handler Pete in Afghanistan. 

8 months later Scott is reassigned to K-9 division and he hooks up with Maggie who also suffers from PTSD.  They both work together to overcome their disabilities and to learn to work together and trust each other.  I really enjoyed the strong bond that grows and strengthens between them as Scott investigates to uncover who were involved in Stephanie's murder.

I really enjoyed Maggie's point of view and how she would all she could to protect her Alpha/pack even give up her life if need too.  It was very informative to read about all the excessive training the K-9 went through and the commitment .

4/5