At last, the enigmatic partner of Elvis Cole (The Two Minute Rule)
takes center stage in this pulse-racing thriller. When Joe Pike is
charged with safeguarding a wealthy heiress, he discovers protecting the
sole witness to a crime is nothing compared to protecting an LA party
girl from her own self-destruction...
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. Then suddenly she sees another car's
metal-on-metal explosion of a terrible accident and, dazed, finds
herself the single witness in a secret federal investigation.
For maybe the first time in her life, Larkin wants to do the right
thing. But in doing so she becomes the target for a relentless team of
killers. And when the US 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 the uncontrollable Larkin alive.
Pike commits to protecting the girl, but it becomes clear someone in
their circle is selling them out. Taking matters into his own hands, Joe
drops off the gird with Larkin and follows his own survival rules:
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.
