Elvis Cole and Joe Pike · Book 13
The First Rule
- Published
- 1 January 2010
- Pages
- 308
- ISBN-13
- 9780399156137
- Type
- novel

About this book
The First Rule (2010, 308 pages) is book 13 of the Elvis Cole series, from the run following L.A. Requiem (1999) that's markedly darker and more character-driven, as Elvis's and Pike's real psychological damage keeps surfacing across the books.
Its place in Elvis Cole and Joe Pike
The First Rule is book 13 in the Elvis Cole and Joe Pike series. It follows Chasing Darkness. It is followed by The Sentry. See the full Elvis Cole and Joe Pike reading order.
Elvis Cole is a wisecracking Los Angeles private investigator -- Disney-loving, Jiminy Cricket clock on his desk, quick with a quip -- whose cases start out looking like standard missing-person or custody jobs and reliably escalate into something much darker: organized crime, government cover-ups, cartel violence. His silent partner Joe Pike, an ex-Marine and former cop with twin red arrow tattoos and a moral code as rigid as his gun discipline, does the parts of the job that require someone who isn't afraid to…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781410421418
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780425238127
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780399156137