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    <dateIssued>2011, c2010</dateIssued>
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  <abstract>Elvis Cole's taciturn partner, Joe Pike, investigates an attack on former associate Frank Meyer, a one-time mercenary whose family has been murdered by a professional hit crew and who police suspect has been keeping a dangerous secret.</abstract>
  <note type="statement of responsibility">Robert Crais.</note>
  <note>Originally published: New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, c2010.</note>
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