The Promise: An Elvis Cole and Joe Pike Novel, Book 16 (Unabridged)
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4.0 • 25 Ratings
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- $21.99
Publisher Description
Elvis Cole and Joe Pike are joined by Suspect heroes LAPD K-9 Officer Scott James and his German shepherd, Maggie, in this heart-stopping thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Robert Crais.
Elvis Cole and Joe Pike keep their promises. Even if it could get them killed...
Elvis Cole is hired to find a woman who’s disappeared, a seemingly ordinary case, until he learns the missing woman is an explosives expert and worked for a Defense Department contractor. Meanwhile, LAPD K-9 Officer Scott James and his patrol dog, Maggie, track a fugitive to a house filled with explosives - and a dead body. As the two cases intertwine, they all find themselves up against shadowy arms dealers and corrupt officials, and the very woman they promised to save may be the cause of their own deaths.
Customer Reviews
All good, but Joe’s voice.
I have love this series of books, and all the narrators, but in this book, Joe’s voice is horrid. It’s very distracting, and it sounds very forced, and strained. It detracts from to reading.
Five Star Book / Four Star Performance
I've read nearly all RC's books, and this is one of his best since LA Requiem. Two readers perform the reading. The chapters from Scott the K-9 cop's point of view are read by one guy, and the chapters told from Elvis Cole's point of view are read by another. The problem is that the guy reading Scott has a robust baritone speaking voice, while the guy reading Elvis speaks in a tenor. Hence Elvis sounds a bit smarmy. And his impressive of Joe Pike sounds over-gravelly, like a heavy smoking octogenarian- or Batman. He's a good actor, but in my opinion miscast to read Cole and Pike.