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      The First Rule

      by Robert Crais
      Published
      Jan 2010
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      Private Investigator Private Investigator
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      432
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      Joe Pike Book 2
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      Elvis Cole, Joe Pike & Associates Book 14

      About This Book

      When suburbanite Frank Meyer and his family are executed during a home invasion, the police begin investigating the secret life they're sure Meyer had. Joe Pike is on a hunt of his own: to clear his old friend's name, and to punish the people who murdered him. What starts out a simple trail gets twisted fast by old grudges, double crosses, blood vengeance, and a crime so terrible even Pike and his partner, Elvis Cole, have no way to measure it.

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      Suspense

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      Hard-Boiled Private Investigator Thriller

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