Taken

The search for a missing girl leads private investigators Elvis Cole and Joe Pike into the nightmarish world of human trafficking in this #1 New York Times bestseller from Robert Crais.

When Nita Morales hires Elvis Cole to find her missing daughter, she's sure it's a ruse orchestrated by the girl and her boyfriend. She's wrong. They've been taken by bajadores-border bandits who prey on the innocent by buying, selling, and disposing of victims like commodities.

Cole and Joe Pike start an undercover investigation to find the couple, but their plan derails when Cole disappears, leaving Pike to burn through the murderous world of human traffickers to find his friend as well as the missing young people. But he may already be too late...

Praise for Taken

"I have no criticisms of Robert Crais's work, other than I wish he could write as fast as I devour his work, which would require him to crank out-at the very least-a new book every week."-Huffington Post

"Wonderfully told, a punch-in-the-gut thriller that is not to be missed."-The Providence Journal

"[Crais's] best-selling Elvis Cole/Joe Pike series gets better with every new book, and...Taken, is no exception."-OregonLive.com

"[Taken] would make a fine action-packed film."-Publishers Weekly

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.

"Crais keeps the reader off-balance with...unexpected plot twists and a breathless pace that makes you feel as if you're smack in the middle of an action film." --"Huffington Post " "A thriller in every sense of the word... This is magnificent, bold writing from one of the absolute best." --Bookreporter.com "[Crais's] best-selling Elvis Cole/Joe Pike series gets better with every new book, and..."Taken", is no exception." --OregonLive.com