Robert Crais

Elvis Cole is a private eye taken on by 15-year-old Teri Hewitt to find her missing father. The search reveals an unemployed drug addict mixed up with the Russian mafia and involves Cole in more trouble than he had bargained for.

LAPD cop Scott James is not doing so well since a shocking assault killed his partner Stephanie, and nearly killed him. He is unfit for duty - until he meets his new partner. Maggie is a German shepherd who survived three tours in Iraq and Afghanistan sniffing out explosives before losing her handler to an IED. They are each other's last chance as they set out to investigate the one case that no one wants them to touch: the identity of the men who murdered Stephanie.

Seventeen-year-old Tyson seems a normal teenager, but his mother has a feeling that her sweet, nerdy son is hiding something. Frightened that Tyson is involved in something bad, she gets in touch with private investigator Elvis Cole and asks him to do some digging. The information that Cole uncovers surprises everyone. Tyson spooks and runs. And then people start dying ...