Taken

Kept me up several nights. Could not put it down. Thank God for hard men who can help soft men, women, and children.

Right from the beginning it kept me wanting to read more. Excellent story, looking forward to the next Elvis and Pike adventure

Another great read and development of othrr chsracters besides Elvis. We really get the ideas of what's in the head of these bad characters. The other scary thing is...this stuff really happens daily ad we the public rarely hear about it

Pure Cole and Pike, fast pace, edge of your seat, action. These two never disappoint.I could not turn the page as fast enough.

Another excellent Joe Pike, Elvis Cole and Jon Stone book. This on is about abductions of "pollos" (alien immigrants brought across the border by "coyotes") from the people they paid to gain their self passage by "bajaderos," bad guys from cartels who hold the pollos for ransom. When their parents can't pay, or have paid all they can, the pollo is killed.Being in the wrong place at the wrong tomes gets Krista Morales and her boyfriend abducted by the bajaderos. Jack happens to be the wealthy nephew of Nancie Stendahl, an assistant ATF deputy chief. Nita Morales calls Elvis Cole because of a feature article in the paper that hails him as, "The Greatest Detective." Nita is Krista's mother, and is understandably anxious and terrified when she realizes her daughter has been abducted. Elvis calls in his buddies, Joe Pike and Jon Stone, and after a lot of blood and gore, and shootings, Krista and Jack are rescued.There are no spoilers because how could Elvis, Jon, and Joe lose? The shoot-em-up stuff is vintage Robert Crais--but in addition, the reader can learn a lot about illegal immigration. I gave this book 4 stars because there were so many "bad guys" it was very hard to keep them apart. More detail about how Koreans have entered into the melee might be helpful.