I'm a fan of Robert Crais' books and have read most of his books. I was disappointed in this one because it was such a slow starter. The book I was reading was from the library and I almost took it back several times because it just wasn't grabbing me. There was too many characters and too much background building. Ho-hum. The last 1/4 of the book kept me reading, and the ending was predictable, but OK. Not really worth the time to read this one.

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Good page turner, kept my interest from the start.

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I was really disappointed. No sense of the geography of the Coachella Valley. Go read his earlier books before this one, they are better.

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Unusual plot with a lot of clever and complicated twists and turns as Cole and Pike try to find a young couple swept up in a kidnapping of illegals by bloodthirsty cartel types near the border. Definite "can't put it down" story.

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Discovered this series by accident but very glad I found them--great characters.

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I've read everything Crais has written and enjoyed them all. Joe and Elvis are great characters and this book is about their adventures with human smuggling in SoCal.

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Lots of people killled, but no Anglos, as far as I can tell, and certainly no one with a security clearance.

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