• The Wanted

  • An Elvis Cole and Joe Pike Novel, Book 17
  • By: Robert Crais
  • Narrated by: Luke Daniels
  • Length: 7 hrs and 38 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (1,857 ratings)

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The Wanted

By: Robert Crais
Narrated by: Luke Daniels
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Publisher's summary

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

Investigator Elvis Cole and his partner Joe Pike take on the deadliest case of their lives in the new masterpiece of suspense from #1 New York Times-bestselling author Robert Crais.

It seemed like a simple case - before the bodies started piling up...

When single-mother Devon Connor hires Elvis Cole, it’s because her troubled teenage son Tyson is flashing cash and she’s afraid he’s dealing drugs. But the truth is devastatingly different. With two others, he’s been responsible for a string of high-end burglaries, a crime spree that takes a deadly turn when one of them is murdered and Tyson and his girlfriend disappear.

They stole the wrong thing from the wrong man, and, determined to get it back, he has hired two men who are smart and brutal and the best at what they do.

To even the odds, Cole brings in his friend Joe Pike, but even the two of them together may be overmatched. The police don’t want them anywhere near the investigation, the teenagers refuse to be found, and the hired killers are leaving a trail of bodies in their wake. Pretty soon, they’ll find out everything they need to know to track the kids down - and then nothing that Elvis or Joe can do may make any difference. It might even get them killed.

©2005 Robert Crais (P)2017 Brilliance Audio, Inc.

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Another winner from Crais.

Great book!! What I have come to expect from Crais. Pike and Cole are two of the best characters I ever read. Can't get enough.

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Mispronounced

The narrator pronounces Lucy’s last name different than all the other audio books. It distracted me from the story. Every time he said it wrong I cringed.

When it’s a series the narrator needs to do their homework and make sure they are saying the names correctly. Great story but this took away from it.

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Great

The start was a little slow but the finish was great. Great series and well worth the credit.

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elvis Cole and joe pike doing what they do.

loved it as usual. hope for more books in the future. pike is so dry, make the corners of my mouth curl.

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another good book

another good book another good book another good book another good book another good book another good book another good book another book another good book another good book another good book another good book another good book is this enough I hope so

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Excellent story/good ending

Craig’s is an interesting writer with creative twists in each story he writes. This book has interesting characters that develop in an atypical way like the two thugs and their music knowledge and ability. The main theme shows stupidness, smartness and compassion.

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Darkly Humerous

This was a fun ride with enough action and humor to maintain an interesting pace. Elvis Cole is one of the "good guys" in many ways!

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Great entertainment

Elvis Cole and Joe Pike are good down to earth characters.
A different story line , keeps you wanting to know the next chapter.

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Elvis Cole is Alice and well

You have to like Elvis and Pike They are always fun to listen to and lighten enough that you don’t need to think too hard.

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Hardly worth the wait

About 3/4 of the way through the book I felt like strangling the teenagers myself. They did not gain my sympathy at all, especially the airhead/ Valley Girl- sounding Amber. She had zero redeeming qualities. I have almost all Mr. Craise’s books and usually enjoy them, but this one didn’t measure up, I like Joe Pike as a character, but in this one I don’t see why he was included. Better luck next time.

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