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The Promise: by Robert Crais | An Elvis Cole and Joe Pike Novel | Summary, Takeaways, Analysis, & Review
The Promise: An Elvis Cole and Joe Pike Novel by Robert Crais
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Introduction The Promise is a tightly woven, complex tale of intrigue, replete with solidly developed characters and driven by plot twists and turns. At its heart is the story of a missing woman who has lost her son in a terrorist attack, may or may not be guilty of embezzlement, and is chemical specialist employed to develop explosives for a defense contractor. A private investigator hired to find her is soon a suspect in a murder. Characters are introduced and soon become not what they originally seemed to be.
Features Overview - An introduction to help you understand the book as a whole. Review - What professional reviewers and authors thought about the book. Summary - Chapter by chapter descriptions of important events and why they are important. Character Bios - Reminders of who main characters are so you can better understand the story. Character Analysis - A deeper explanation of key characters and their roles. Setting - How the setting impacted the story. Themes - The deeper meaning behind the plot and characters. Symbols - Which aspects of the book represented something more. Quotes - Meaningful quotes and what they revealed about the characters who spoke them. Discussion Questions - Book club style questions to provoke an entertaining conversation. Final Thoughts - The most important "takeaways" of the book reviewed.
Benefits Spend less time reading and more time enjoying your favorite books. Find important details you may have missed the first time. Know what other people thought about the book. Reveal the hidden meaning of important characters and events. Stay on track while reading books with many characters and locations. Review the story before reading the sequel or watching the movie version. Prepare for a book club conversation or online discussion. Continue reading an unfinished book while remembering key details.
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This book is a supplement to The Promise and is intended to enhance the experience of reading the original book. We recommend purchasing the full version of The Promise on Amazon in addition to this book.
Introduction The Promise is a tightly woven, complex tale of intrigue, replete with solidly developed characters and driven by plot twists and turns. At its heart is the story of a missing woman who has lost her son in a terrorist attack, may or may not be guilty of embezzlement, and is chemical specialist employed to develop explosives for a defense contractor. A private investigator hired to find her is soon a suspect in a murder. Characters are introduced and soon become not what they originally seemed to be.
Features Overview - An introduction to help you understand the book as a whole. Review - What professional reviewers and authors thought about the book. Summary - Chapter by chapter descriptions of important events and why they are important. Character Bios - Reminders of who main characters are so you can better understand the story. Character Analysis - A deeper explanation of key characters and their roles. Setting - How the setting impacted the story. Themes - The deeper meaning behind the plot and characters. Symbols - Which aspects of the book represented something more. Quotes - Meaningful quotes and what they revealed about the characters who spoke them. Discussion Questions - Book club style questions to provoke an entertaining conversation. Final Thoughts - The most important "takeaways" of the book reviewed.
Benefits Spend less time reading and more time enjoying your favorite books. Find important details you may have missed the first time. Know what other people thought about the book. Reveal the hidden meaning of important characters and events. Stay on track while reading books with many characters and locations. Review the story before reading the sequel or watching the movie version. Prepare for a book club conversation or online discussion. Continue reading an unfinished book while remembering key details.
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- GenresMystery
25 pages, Kindle Edition
Published November 18, 2015
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November 13, 2019
Another great book from Robert Crais, highly recommended
December 8, 2015
This was one of Robert Crais's best books. He just does not write fast enough!
May 3, 2023
This is my first Robert Crais novel, assigned for my Mystery Book Club.
I liked the story, found it entertaining all the way through, with enough action to keep the story moving at a good pace. The story was set in L.A, and concerns the investigation into a mother who has lost her son in an explosion overseas, and who has apparently entered the criminal world to seek answers to his death.
Elvis Cole, private investigator, is the major character, who is hired to find out about the missing mother. Cole knows his business, is shrewd and smart, but finds himself caught up in more than he expected as the plot unfolds. The story also features officer James Scott, and his dog Maggie, a K-9 specializing in bomb detection.. This man/dog duo won my heart, and I hope to see them again in future novels.
I liked the story, found it entertaining all the way through, with enough action to keep the story moving at a good pace. The story was set in L.A, and concerns the investigation into a mother who has lost her son in an explosion overseas, and who has apparently entered the criminal world to seek answers to his death.
Elvis Cole, private investigator, is the major character, who is hired to find out about the missing mother. Cole knows his business, is shrewd and smart, but finds himself caught up in more than he expected as the plot unfolds. The story also features officer James Scott, and his dog Maggie, a K-9 specializing in bomb detection.. This man/dog duo won my heart, and I hope to see them again in future novels.
November 6, 2022
Robert Crais has the exceptional gift of putting the reader in the moment. Easier said than done. His characters are colorful and true. The good guys like Elvis Cole are very good. The bad guys like Mr. Rollins are very bad. The story set in LA, at least for me, adds to the story. But what makes this writing exceptional is the K-9 dog Maggie’s relationship to her handler, Scott James. Crais does a masterful job imagining how this dog thinks and acts. The Promise is a wonderful read. Robert Crais a very talented author.
August 15, 2023
This was another book of the Elvis Cole series. In it Elvis was hired to clandestinely find a woman who worked for company that did lots of top secret work. He was given an address that when he got there, he meets an K-9 officer, Scott James, and his dog, Maggie who is after a murderer who he traced to that address. There all kids of twists and turns in the book. At one time Elvis is stupidly the suspect for the murder that occurred at that home.
December 19, 2017
Okay mystery, just fine for vacation.
January 26, 2020
Elvis(pi) and Joe Pike(badass)- good read and good author
July 20, 2020
Tightly woven plot-another one I could not put down.
October 28, 2020
The Elvis Cole/Joe Pike books are always good. Elvis is a great protagonist, and Joe Pike is the epitome of the guy you want on your side when things start to go bad.
February 13, 2023
Another excellent story with Maggie and Scott. I really enjoyed this story and learned even more about service dogs. I highly recommend reading this!
November 25, 2024
I always like this author but I think I am bumping this up to 5 stars on account of Maggie the K9 dog.
January 6, 2016
It's good to see Elvis Cole move further away from being a Spenser clone. A good read with the right amontof action.
July 26, 2016
My first book by this author and I plan to read more. A fast paced private eye book with lots of plot turns and interesting characters.
January 16, 2016
Excellent story. Really enjoy theCole books.
August 25, 2017
Great continuation of the Cole & Pike series. So glad that Maggie, the German shepherd was did NOT die! Good moments of humor and twist as usual. Highly recommend.
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