The first rule

Pages: 308
Published: 2010
Language: English

When a professional hit squad murders Frank Meyer and his family, the police assume he was a criminal living a lie. Joe Pike knows better and teams up with Elvis Cole to track down the killers. Their search leads them into a brutal world of Serbian gangs and old blood feuds where the law rarely reaches.

Prose complexity: 4/10

Tense Gritty Dark

Revenge Anti-Hero Betrayal Morally Grey

Crime Mystery Suspense Thriller

Robert Crais

Robert Crais (born June 20, 1953, in Independence, Louisiana) is an American author of crime fiction and a former television screenwriter. Before turning to novels he wrote for series including Hill Street Blues, Miami Vice, Cagney & Lacey and L.A. Law. His 1987 debut, The Monkey's Raincoat, introduced private investigator Elvis Cole and won the Anthony and Macavity Awards; Cole's partner Joe Pike went on to headline his own spin-off novels within the same series. Crais was named a Grand Master...