TY - BOOK AU - Crais,Robert TI - The first rule T2 - Joe Pike novel SN - 1410421414 (alk. paper) PY - 2010/// CY - Waterville, Me. PB - Wheeler Pub. KW - Cole, Elvis (Fictitious character) KW - Fiction KW - Drug traffic KW - California KW - Los Angeles KW - Home invasion KW - Westwood KW - Married people KW - Crimes against KW - Pike, Joe (Fictitious character) KW - Private investigators KW - Large type books KW - Mystery fiction KW - gsafd N2 - Frank Meyer had the American dream-until the day a professional crew invaded his home and murdered everyone inside. The police think Meyer was hiding something very bad, but Joe Pike does not. With the help of Elvis Cole, Pike sets out on a hunt of his own--an investigation that quickly entangles them both in a web of ancient grudges, blood ties, blackmail, vengeance, double crosses, and cutthroat criminals ER -