Joe Pike #3 January 2011 On Sale: January 11, 2011 Featuring: Joe Pike; Elvis Cole 320 pages ISBN: 0399157077 EAN: 9780399157073 Hardcover $26.95 Add to Wish List Thriller P.I. Buy at Amazon.com The Sentry by Robert Crais The extraordinary new crime novel from the New York Times bestselling author. Dru Rayne and her uncle fled to L.A. after Hurricane Katrina; but now, five years later, they face a different danger. When Joe Pike witnesses Dru’s uncle beaten by a protection gang, he offers his help, but neither of them want it-and neither do the federal agents mysteriously watching them. As the level of violence escalates, and Pike himself becomes a target, he and Elvis Cole learn that Dru and her uncle are not who they seem- and that everything he thought he knew about them has been a lie. A vengeful and murderous force from their past is now catching up to them . . . and only Pike and Cole stand in the way. Previous Picks

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