In The Watchman and The First Rule, Robert Crais put Joe Pike front and center for the first time, to remarkable effect A beautifully crafted piece of story-telling The Seattle Times A high-octane thrillerPikes unshakable belief in right and wrong provides a moral center South Florida Sun-Sentinel Joe Pike is a joy to watch, an urban Zen warrior priest righting wrongs. More Pike, please Chicago Sun-Times.But when Joe Pike does return, it is to a case that will rock him to his core.Five years ago, Dru Rayne and her uncle fled from Louisiana to Los Angeles after Hurricane Katrina hit, but now they face a different kind of danger. A neighborhood protection gang savagely beats Drus uncle, but Pike witnesses it and offers his own brand of protection. Oddly enough, neither of them seems to want itand neither do the federal agents mysteriously watching their storefront, men who appear quite willing to let the gang have its way.
