Taken
by Robert Crais
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Critic Rating
70%
Critic Reviews: 24
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Reader Rating
79%
Reader Ratings: 1059
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Synopsis
The extraordinary new crime novel from the New York Times–bestselling author.When the police tell a wealthy industrialist that her missing son has faked his own kidnapping, she hires Elvis Cole and Joe Pike—and Cole soon determines that it was no fake. The boy and his secret girlfriend have been taken, and are now lost in the gray and changing world of the professional border kidnappers, who prey not only on innocent victims but also on one another—buying,... more
About Robert Crais
- All Critics: 24
- Positive: 21
- Negative: 3
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Huffington Post | 20 Jan 2012
I am stating for the record that Robert Crais is hands-down the World's Greatest Crime Fiction Writer, and that is no joke.
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Jacksonville.com | 14 Feb 2012
In fact, the most powerful moments in Taken occur without need of any dialogue at all...
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Kirkus Reviews | 1 Feb 2012
For some reason, the normally reliable Crais doesn’t trust his story, loaded with the promise of vigilante heroics and nonstop violence, to deliver the goods.
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Military.com | 30 Jan 2012
But the page-turner can be a bit too breakneck, as if Crais were trying to wrap up everything in an hourlong TV crime show...
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Jen's Book Thoughts | 23 Jan 2012
TAKEN illustrates everything that is exceptional about Robert Crais' writing.
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Jenn's Bookshelves | 26 Jan 2012
Fans of Crais’ writing (known as Craisies) will once again be rewarded with another stellar Pike/Cole novel.
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Publishers Weekly | 19 Dec 2011
Told from multiple points of view, this installment would make a fine action-packed film with three strong male leads.
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Independent.ie | 12 May 2012
The plot -- the 15th Elvis Cole and Joe Pike adventure -- is based on a real, contemporary US/Mexican border problem and manages to combine pulsating action with more than a dash of chilling social realism.
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in so many words... | 6 Feb 2012
An amazing book written by an author at the very top of his game.
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The Drowning Machine | 23 Jan 2012
I have to say that I've enjoyed all of Robert Crais's novels, but TAKEN is, for me, the most deeply satisfying book since 2005's THE FORGOTTEN MAN.
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The Setonian | 1 Feb 2012
The flashbacks and flash forwards were simply unnecessary and took away from the plot.
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The Guilded Earlobe | 24 Jan 2012
Full of fast paced action, nasty bad guys that just need killing, and life threatening situations, Taken truly earns the title, "Thriller."
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A Bookworm's World | 8 Feb 2012
The plotting is great, the action non stop and the characters are fantastic.
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Milo's Rambles | 20 May 2012
A gripping storyline, engaging and enthusiastic characters, a tight plot and action to die for, this is one hell of an entertaining read; perhaps more importantly this is a fun read.
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The Encounter and the Tunnels | 13 Feb 2012
All the major and secondary characters are written to perfection and come alive on the pages within Taken.
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Petrona Book Reviews Blog | 7 May 2012
Taken is an addictive read: not a book to put down once opened, but not one that will take long to finish.
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Al Nye the Lawyer Guy | 24 Jan 2012
This is a book you’ll want to savor but if you’re like me, the tension will build so quickly that you’ll be unable to put it down.
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Junkyard Wisdom
It’s a fun book, if overly violent, and fits the hard boiled detective genre.
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Irresistible Targets | 13 Apr 2012
It struck me as I raced through this compulsive story that Crais has come a long way since The Monkey's Raincoat, and so have his characters.
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Mean Streets | 29 May 2012
Taken is a corker of a fast moving, action packed read, with smart dialogue and lots of meaty characters and juicy scenes to sink your teeth into.
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Crimezine | 20 Mar 2012
Crais has noticeably tightened up on his writing style with this book, using shorter snappier sentences, and other devices such as a non-sequential plotline and multi-character viewpoints.
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Men Reading Books | 15 Feb 2012
It may be down the list chronologically, but I rank this one as Crais' #1.
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The Mystery Librarian | 19 Feb 2012
Cole’s writing is as always brisk and direct, with short chapters, and wry one-liners.
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Book Reporter | 27 Jan 2012
TAKEN is one of those rare books that you will want to read twice: the first time to get the story, and the second to appreciate precisely how Crais did what he did.
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