TY - BOOK AU - Crais,Robert TI - The first rule: a Joe Pike novel SN - 9780399156137 U1 - 813/.54 22 PY - 2010/// CY - New York PB - G.P. Putnam's Sons KW - Pike, Joe (Fictitious character) KW - Fiction KW - Cole, Elvis (Fictitious character) KW - Married people KW - Crimes against KW - Home invasion KW - California KW - Westwood KW - Drug traffic KW - Los Angeles KW - Private investigators 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 -