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The Watchman (Joe Pike, Bk 1) (Audio CD) (Unabridged)
The Watchman - Joe Pike, Bk 1 - Audio CD - Unabridged
Author: Robert Crais, James Daniels (Narrator)
Joe Pike, the intriguing, enigmatic partner of L.A. PI Elvis Cole, takes center stage in this intense thriller from bestseller Crais. — To pay back an old debt, Pike is coerced into protecting Larkin Barkley, a hard-partying young heiress whose life is in danger after a "wrong place wrong time" encounter that quickly escalates and spins...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9781593550424
ISBN-10: 1593550421
Publication Date: 2/27/2007
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4.2 stars, based on 10 ratings
Publisher: Brilliance Audio
Book Type: Audio CD
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reviewed The Watchman (Joe Pike, Bk 1) (Audio CD) (Unabridged) on + 168 more book reviews
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When I ordered this title as an audiobook I wasn't sure that I would like it but I found myself drawn into the story. I was listening to it while I painted a room and soom found myself staying up to finish it.
I really liked it. The narrator sounds so serious but that was because one of the lead characters is so very serious about his job of protecting the daughter of a wealthy man. Again, I wasn't sure at first that I would keep listening but I did.......
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jjares avatar reviewed The Watchman (Joe Pike, Bk 1) (Audio CD) (Unabridged) on + 3410 more book reviews
This is the first book in a new series with Joe Pike as the main character and Elvis Cole acting as his sidekick. I knew immediately that Pike would have a tough time being a touchy-feely babysitter of this whiner.

It opens when John Stone calls in a favor from Pike to protect Larkin Barkley, a Paris Hilton wannabe, who runs into a Mercedes with dangerous people ... who now want her dead. The Feds quickly put Larkin into a witness-protection program. However, there are leaks and Larkin barely misses finding herself in the morgue several times.

In spite of the narrow misses, the Feds maintain that they can protect Larkin; her father isn't so sure. Pike is hired to protect the spoiled brat and he quickly severs all association with the Feds and her father. However, Pike does keep Larkin safe. Why Pike worked so hard for stupid people like Larkin and her father was beyond my understanding. I wanted Pike to leave Larkin in the middle of the street and call the bad guys with her location; Larkin defines the term spoiled.

What slayed me, however, was the interest Pike showed in Larkin and visa versa. Say it isn't so, Joe! If creating a genuinely irritating character is good writing, Robert Crais is fabulous.

In spite of the boundless snobbery and stupidity, Crais wrote an engaging thriller. Joe Pike certainly earns his money with the Barkley father and daughter.


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