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Book Review of Taken (Joe Pike, Bk 4) (Elvis Cole, Bk 12)

Taken (Joe Pike, Bk 4) (Elvis Cole, Bk 12)
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Set in the Coachella Valley of the Southern California deserts, it's an action-packed thriller dealing with human trafficking of Korean, Central American, Russian, or Middle Eastern workers. A teenager and her boyfriend are swept up in a mass kidnapping of these workers and held for ransom. Cole and Pike are on the job to rescue the kids. Elvis and Joe are private investigators of the damaged-but-morally -upright variety. Former cops and military Ranger/Special-Ops guys, they break a lot of rules, but those are really BAD guys out there. Could you start here? Probably. There are no old friends making an appearance that needs a lot of explanation. I enjoy this series for a fast summer entertainment. I give it 4 Stars. The author got experimental with structure, jumping forward and backward in time (about 10 days). A little confusing, but that's just me.