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Where Taken sits
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- Book 15 of Elvis Cole and Joe Pike. See all Elvis Cole and Joe Pike books in order
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- The Sentry
- The book after
- The Promise
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- Last checked: September 25, 2026, against robertcrais.com
What Taken is about
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- A wealthy industrialist's son is missing, and the police tell her he faked his own kidnapping. (Library of Congress; read November 6, 2026)
the police tell a wealthy industrialist that her missing son has faked his own kidnapping
- She brings in Joe Pike and Elvis Cole, and Cole soon finds it was no fake. (Library of Congress; read November 6, 2026)
she hires Elvis Cole and Joe Pike-and Cole soon determines that it was no fake
- Her son and a girlfriend he kept secret have been seized by professional kidnappers working the border. (Library of Congress; read November 6, 2026)
The boy and his secret girlfriend have been taken ... professional border kidnappers
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Other books in Elvis Cole and Joe Pike
20 books listed so far
- Book 1: The Monkey's Raincoat
- Book 2: Stalking the Angel
- Book 3: Lullaby Town
- Book 4: Free Fall
- Book 5: Voodoo River
- Book 6: Sunset Express
- Book 7: Indigo Slam
- Book 8: L.A. Requiem
- Book 9: The Last Detective
- Book 10: The Forgotten Man
- Book 11: The Watchman
- Book 12: Chasing Darkness
- Book 13: The First Rule
- Book 14: The Sentry
- Book 16: The Promise
- Book 17: The Wanted
- Book 18: A Dangerous Man
- Book 19: Racing the Light
- Book 20: The Big Empty
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