The Promise

'One of the most entertaining thrillers of the year... THE PROMISE is filled
with suspense, surprises and ably-drawn characters. ... putting him in the
company of such greats as James Lee Burke, Sue Grafton, Stephen King and
Elmore Leonard. THE PROMISE shows once again why he belongs there' WASHINGTON
POST

Loyalty, commitment, the fight against injustice - these are the things that
have always driven Elvis Cole and Joe Pike. If they make a promise, they keep
it. Even if it could get them killed.

When Elvis Cole is hired to locate a woman who may have disappeared with a
stranger she met online, it seems like an ordinary case - until Elvis learns
the missing woman worked for a defence contractor and was being blackmailed to
supply explosives components for a person or persons unknown.

Meanwhile, in another part of the city, LAPD officer Scott James and his
patrol dog, Maggie, enter an abandoned building to locate an armed and
dangerous thief, only to discover far more than they expected.

Soon, Scott and Maggie find themselves targeted and, as their case intertwines
with Elvis and Joe's, join forces to follow the trail of the missing woman as
well. From inner-city drug traffickers to a shadowy group of Afghan war
veterans with ties to a terrorist cell, the people they encounter on that
trail add up to ever-increasing odds, and soon the four of them are fighting
to find the woman not only before she is killed ... but before the same fate
happens to one of them.