The Big Empty
By Robert Crais

Private investigator Elvis Cole and his enigmatic partner Joe Pike face a cryptic case and a terrifyingly unpredictable killer in this twisty, edge-of-your-seat thriller from #1and New York Timesand bestselling author Robert Crais.and Elvis Cole and Joe Pike are right up there with Harry Bosch and Reacher as must reads for me. Robert Craisand has mastered the fine art of storytelling'and James Patterson Robert Crais has crafted another masterpiece,and delivering a gripping page-turnerand and a profound exploration of hidden evils; an edge-of-your-seat reading experience that will stay with you long after the final page'and Ryan Steck Hands downand the best book I've read this year.and Simply incredible …and it's intricately plotted, full of Crais's trademark wit, and packedand with characters that leap off the page.and Simply sensational'and M. W. CravenTraci Beller was only thirteen when her father disappeared in the sleepy town of Rancha, not far from Los Angeles. The evidence says Tommy Beller abandoned his family, but Traci never believed it. Now a super-popular influencer with millions of followers, she finally has the money to hire a new detective to uncover the truth. And that detective is Elvis Cole.Taking on a ten-years-cold missing person case is almost always a losing game, though Elvis quickly picks up a lead in Rancha when he learns that an ex-con named Sadie Givens and her daughter Anya might have a line on the missing man. But when he finds himself shadowed by a deadly gang of vicious criminals, the case flips on its head. Victims become predators, predators become prey, and when everyone is a victim, will it be possible to save them all?Calling on the help of his ex-Marine friend, Joe Pike, Elvis follows Tommy Beller's trail into the twisted, nightmarish depths of a monstrous evil, even as what he finds tests hisand loyalty to his clients, and to himself. But the truth must come out, no matter the cost.Elvis must face The Big Empty and see justice done.PRAISE FOR ROBERT CRAIS:and 'Robert Crais is my favourite crime writer.'and M. W. Craven The smoothest writing and best storytelling you'll ever read'and David Baldacci A modern master of crime fiction'and Gregg Hurwitz Robert Crais - and Joe Pike - will have you by the throat'and Independent'Just keeps getting better and better'and Evening Standard Robert Crais is hands-down the World's Greatest Crime Fiction Writer'and Huffington Post Expertly delivers his customary modern-day riff on the 1940s hardboiled idiom'and Guardian Cleverly plotted, stylishly written'and Washington Post One of the most reliable storytellers in modern crime fiction'and Daily Mail