Crais has never written a book with the power and intensity of Taken.When Nita Morales hires Elvis Cole to find her missing adult daughter, she isnt afraid, even though shes gotten a phone call asking for ransom. She knows its a fake, that her daughter is off with the guy Nita will call only that boy, and that they need money Even smart girls do stupid things when they think a boy loves them.But she is wrong. The girl and her boyfriend have been taken by bajadoresbandits who prey on other bandits, border professionals who prey not only on innocent victims, but on one another. They steal drugs, guns, and peoplebuying and selling victims like commodities, and killing the ones they cant get a price for.Cole and Pike find the spot where the couple were taken.
