When the police tell a wealthy industrialist that her missing son has faked his own kidnapping, she hires Elvis Cole and Joe Pike-and Cole soon determines that it was no fake.
The boy and his secret girlfriend have been taken, and are now lost in the gray and changing world of the professional border kidnappers who prey not only on innocent victims but also on one another-buying, selling, and stealing victims like commodities.
Fortunately, the kidnappers don't yet know who the boy is, but when Cole goes undercover to try to buy the two hostages back, he himself is taken and disappears.
Now it is up to Pike to retrace Cole's steps, burning through the hard and murderous world of human traffickers . . . before it is too late.
About the Author
Robert Crais is the 2006 recipient of the Ross Macdonald Literary Award. The author of many New York Times bestsellers, most recently The Sentry, he lives in Los Angeles.
Industry Reviews
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 -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 "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 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" "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
