<b>“A thoughtful and powerful page turner.”—<i>People</i></b><br /><br />Elvis Cole is just a detective who can&apos;t say no, especially to a girl in a terrible fix. And Jennifer Sheridan qualifies: Her fiancé, Mark Thurman, is a decorated LA cop with an elite plainclothes unit, but Jennifer&apos;s sure he&apos;s in trouble—the kind of serious trouble that only Elvis Cole can help him out of.<br /><br />Five minutes after his new client leaves his office, Elvis and his partner, the enigmatic Joe Pike, are hip-deep in a deadly situation as they plummet into a world of South Central gangs, corrupt cops, and conspiracies of silence. And before the case is through, every copy in the LAPD will be gunning for a pair of escaped armed-and-dangerous killers—Elvis Cole and Joe Pike.<br /><b><br /> “Elvis Cole provides more fun for the reader than any L.A. private eye to come along in years.”—Joseph Wambaugh <br /></b><br /><b>“Elvis lives, and he&apos;s on his way to being crowned the king of detectives.”—<i>Booklist</i></b>