The Big Empty, Crais - B+

                   Elvis Cole and Joe Pike are back at it for the twentieth time in this LA series. Cole is retained by a young influencer, Traci, the Baker Next Door, who is achieving nationwide fame. She asks Cole to find her dad who disappeared without a trace a decade ago when she was thirteen. The matter was thoroughly investigated twice and the job appears to be hopeless. Cole unravels a complex story one lead at a time. And as he pursues the matter, he is followed, trapped and beaten badly. It turns out dear old dad and his brother were not what they seemed. Almost all of these novels are excellent, and depict the nitty gritty details of life on the underside of the City of Angels.