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ROBERT
CRAIS: THE WATCHMAN: A Joe Pike
Novel
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city was hers for a single hour,
just the one magic hour, only hers.
Larkin Conner Barkley lives like the
City of Angels is hers for the
taking. Young and staggeringly rich,
she speeds through the city during
its loneliest hours, blowing through
red after red in her Aston Martin as
if running for her life. Until out
of nowhere a car appears, and with
it the metal-on-metal explosion of a
terrible accident. Dazed, Larkin
attempts to help the other victims.
And finds herself the sole witness
in a secret federal investigation.
For maybe the first time in her
life, Larkin wants to do the right
thing. But by agreeing to cooperate
with the authorities, she becomes
the target for a relentless team of
killers. And when the U.S. Marshals
and the finest security money can
buy can't protect her, Larkin's
wealthy family turns to the one man
money can't buy -- Joe Pike.
Pike lives a world away from the
palaces of Beverly Hills. He's an
ex-cop, ex-Marine, ex-mercenary who
owes a bad man a favor, and that
favor is to keep Larkin alive. The
one upside of the job is reuniting
with Bud Flynn, Pike's LAPD training
officer, and a man Pike reveres as a
father. The downside is Larkin
Barkley, who is the uncontrollable
cover girl for self-destruction --
and as deeply alone as Pike.
Pike commits himself to protecting
the girl, but when they immediately
come under fire, he realizes someone
is selling them out. In defiance of
Bud and the authorities, Pike drops
off the grid with the girl and
follows his own rules of survival:
strike fast, hit hard, hunt down the
hunters. With the help of private
investigator Elvis Cole, Pike
uncovers a web of lies and
betrayals, and the stunning
revelation that even the cops are
not who they seem. As the body count
rises, Pike's biggest threat might
come from the girl herself, a lost
soul in the City of Angels,
determined to destroy herself unless
Joe Pike can teach her the value of
life...and love.
Signed Collectors Edition
SCV Publications--the same people
who publish the beautiful limited
first editions of Michael Connelly's
books--have published a signed
collectors' first edition of THE
WATCHMAN. These beautiful books are
handcrafted in leather, numbered,
and signed by RC. For more
information, visit
http://www.scvpublications.com.
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