{"id":1460,"date":"2007-05-02T16:58:00","date_gmt":"2007-05-02T20:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=1460"},"modified":"2007-05-02T16:58:00","modified_gmt":"2007-05-02T20:58:00","slug":"pike-takes-the-lead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=1460","title":{"rendered":"Pike Takes the Lead"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a>Robert Crais<\/strong> is one of my favorite authors<\/strong>. I’ve read [and enjoyed] all of his novels… and I’m proud to say that I’ve been with his sigature characters Elvis Cole<\/strong> and Joe Pike<\/strong> since their first appearance in The Monkey’s Raincoat<\/span><\/a><\/strong>. In each previous novel, Cole<\/strong> was always center stage<\/strong> with Pike<\/strong> coming in to back-up his partner. Pike <\/strong>was the tough, no-nonsense hardened gunman<\/strong>. We knew little about him other than he had a strict code of honor<\/strong>, he was loyal <\/strong>and he never backed up<\/strong>. <\/span><\/p>\n
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With The Watchman<\/span><\/a><\/strong>, Crais<\/strong> turns the tables and gives Joe Pike<\/strong> center stage when he agrees to protect a young heiress<\/strong> who has become the target of a hit squad<\/strong>. Seems she was in the wrong place at the wrong time and now the US Government wants her as a witness and a terrorist wants her dead. Pike<\/strong> is more than up to the task of protecting her [especially with Elvis Cole<\/strong> backing him]. The book is fast paced<\/strong> and just as good<\/strong> as the previous novels featuring Cole<\/strong> and Pike<\/strong>. I just wonder if long time readers are going to like the way Crais<\/strong> has filled in some of the blanks about Pike’s life<\/strong>. As for me, I can’t wait for their next “case” — no matter who is at center stage. <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Robert Crais is one of my favorite authors. I’ve read [and enjoyed] all of his novels… and I’m proud to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":912,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[61,52,51],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1460","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-authors","category-books","category-crime"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1460","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/912"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1460"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1460\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1460"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1460"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}