{"product_id":"a-dangerous-man-from-the-true-master-of-the-crime-mystery-genre-steve-cavanagh","title":"A Dangerous Man: from the 'true master of the crime \u0026 mystery genre' (Steve Cavanagh)","description":"\u003cb\u003e'Outstanding \u003c\/b\u003e. . . Crais begins the story with deceptive simplicity but\u003cb\u003e slowly ratchets up both the tension and the action \u003c\/b\u003ewith surgical precision . . . This one’s sure to hit the bestseller charts' \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly \u003c\/i\u003e(starred review)\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Joe Pike didn’t want to run into trouble that day – he was just going to the bank. But when Isabel, a young teller, is forced into a car by two men, he has no choice but to step in. After chasing them down, he retrieves the terrified woman and the men are arrested\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Not long after they are released on bail, the men are found dead, each with a single gunshot wound to the head, and Isabel is missing. After his handling of the men, Pike is a prime suspect, along with Izzy – was this an abduction gone wrong, or did it go exactly how she planned?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Pike, convinced that her life is in danger, involves Elvis Cole in a search for the truth, and for Izzy. But they’re not the only ones desperate to find her – and desperate men are dangerous.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eA Dangerous Man \u003c\/i\u003eand Robert Crais\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 'Crais is a \u003cb\u003ewhip-smart \u003c\/b\u003ewriter. Cole and Pike are carefully drawn, multilayered characters who've grown more complex through the years. This is \u003cb\u003eone of the very best entries in a long-running and still first-rate series\u003c\/b\u003e' \u003ci\u003eBooklist \u003c\/i\u003eon \u003ci\u003eA Dangerous Man\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review)\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 'If you've always wished \u003cb\u003eLee Child's Jack Reacher\u003c\/b\u003e had a little more balance in his life - but the same formidable talents - \u003cb\u003eyou'll love Joe Pike and the latest book in this long, superb series\u003c\/b\u003e . . . Crais never loses control of his clean, clear prose or his ability to sketch fully fleshed characters in a few scenes . . . \u003cb\u003eA taut, exceptional thriller\u003c\/b\u003e' \u003ci\u003eKirkus \u003c\/i\u003eon \u003ci\u003eA Dangerous Man \u003c\/i\u003e(starred review)\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e ‘[Crais] expertly delivers his\u003cb\u003e customary modern-day riff \u003c\/b\u003eon the 1940s hardboiled idiom’ \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e ‘Another\u003cb\u003e rewarding page-turner \u003c\/b\u003eby one of the most reliable storytellers in modern crime fiction’ \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e ‘\u003cb\u003eCleverly plotted, stylishly written\u003c\/b\u003e’ \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46083292594367,"sku":"9781471157646","price":22.76,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0614\/1689\/8751\/files\/87191-77842f03bc10021f3b446c25009f84de6b6abe99e3db9d23748325a53bb69cda.jpg?v=1787597038","url":"https:\/\/www.popweasel.co.nz\/products\/a-dangerous-man-from-the-true-master-of-the-crime-mystery-genre-steve-cavanagh","provider":"Pop Weasel","version":"1.0","type":"link"}