Private investigator Elvis Cole and his enigmatic partner Joe Pike face a cryptic case and a
terrifyingly unpredictable killer in this twisty edge-of-your-seat thriller from #1 New York
Times bestselling author Robert Crais. ‘Elvis Cole and Joe Pike are right up there with
Harry Bosch and Reacher as must reads for me. Robert Crais has mastered the fine art of
storytelling ’ JAMES PATTERSON ‘Robert Crais has crafted another masterpiece delivering a
gripping page-turner and a profound exploration of hidden evils an edge-of-your-seat reading
experience that will stay with you long after the final page’ RYAN STECK Traci Beller was
only thirteen when her father disappeared in the sleepy town of Rancha not far from Los
Angeles. The evidence says Tommy Beller abandoned his family but Traci never believed it. Now
a super-popular influencer with millions of followers she finally has the money to hire a new
detective to uncover the truth. And that detective is Elvis Cole. Taking on a ten-years-cold
missing person case is almost always a losing game though Elvis quickly picks up a lead in
Rancha when he learns that an ex-con named Sadie Givens and her daughter Anya might have a line
on the missing man. But when he finds himself shadowed by a deadly gang of vicious criminals
the case flips on its head. Victims become predators predators become prey and when everyone
is a victim will it be possible to save them all? Calling on the help of his ex-Marine
friend Joe Pike Elvis follows Tommy Beller' s trail into the twisted nightmarish depths
of a monstrous evil even as what he finds tests his loyalty to his clients and to himself.
But the truth must come out no matter the cost. Elvis must face The Big Empty and see
justice done. PRAISE FOR ROBERT CRAIS: ‘The smoothest writing and best storytelling
you' ll ever read’ David Baldacci ‘A modern master of crime fiction’ Gregg Hurwitz
‘Robert Crais – and Joe Pike – will have you by the throat’ Independent ' Just keeps
getting better and better' Evening Standard ‘Robert Crais is hands-down the World’s
Greatest Crime Fiction Writer’ Huffington Post ‘Expertly delivers his customary modern-day
riff on the 1940s hardboiled idiom’ Guardian ‘Cleverly plotted stylishly written’
Washington Post ‘One of the most reliable storytellers in modern crime fiction’ Daily Mail
