Books like Taken by Robert Crais
When the police dismiss a wealthy industrialist's claim that her missing son has faked his kidnapping, she hires Elvis Cole and Joe Pike, two private investigators, to find him. Cole soon discovers that the boy and his secret girlfriend have been taken, and they are now lost in the gray world of professional border kidnappers. Determined to rescue them, Cole takes on the dangerous job of buying the two hostages back. Meanwhile, Cole himself is taken, and the kidnappers don't know who the boy is. Now, it's up to Pike to trace Cole's steps, navigating the dangerous world of human traffickers. This novel is part of the New York Times bestseller list and follows the classic formula of crime thriller, featuring a wealthy protagonist and professional investigators.
First publish date: 2012
Genre: Mystery & Detective/Private Investigator
Authors: Robert Crais
★
★
★
★
★
3.0 (1 community ratings)
How are these books recommended?
The books recommended for Taken by Robert Crais are shaped by reader interaction. Votes on how closely books relate, user ratings, and community comments all help refine these recommendations and highlight books readers genuinely find similar in theme, ideas, and overall reading experience.
Have you read any of these books?
Your votes, ratings, and comments help improve recommendations and make it easier
for other readers to discover books they’ll enjoy.
Books similar to Taken (22 similar books)
Alicia Berenson, a celebrated painter, shoots her husband Gabriel and then falls silent, becoming a media sensation. In North London’s Grove secure unit, psychotherapist Theo Faber devotes himself to uncovering why she became the Silent Patient and his own true motives.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
When novelist Owen Quine disappears, private detective Cormoran Strike is hired to find him, only to uncover a deadly plot tied to Quine’s controversial manuscript that could destroy many lives.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
John Grisham’s suspenseful legal thriller follows a desperate woman who warns authorities that a multimillion‑dollar tobacco industry trial’s jury may be compromised.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
Former Israeli intelligence operative Gabriel Allon puts his art‑restoration expertise to work when the head of Israeli security asks him to stop a Palestinian plot that threatens peace talks in the Middle East.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
Elvis Cole, a Los Angeles private investigator, unravels a tangled web involving a missing husband and child, Hollywood crime, and drug trafficking.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
When a Los Angeles jogger is shot, her rich Hispanic father hires disgraced ex‑police investigator Joe Pike, sparking a tense clash between Pike and a skeptical police force.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
When a crime spree forces a family into a Bristow Camino home, LAPD Chief Jeff Talley must negotiate a tense standoff while confronting his own past and a ruthless crime lord.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
Elvis Cole, haunted by the mystery of his birth father, teams up with partner Joe Pike and LAPD detective Carol Starkey to trace a murdered man claiming to be his father, uncovering dark secrets and a merciless killer who targets the detective.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
LAPD detective Max Kent, returning to duty after his partner’s death, partners with a wounded German Shepherd to hunt the killer, risking his own sanity in the ruthless streets of Los Angeles.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
Easy Rawlins is hired by the LAPD to resolve a hostage crisis when a boxer‑turned‑revolutionary kidnaps a weapons manufacturer’s daughter, threatening a dramatic standoff.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
Mickey Haller, a cynical Los Angeles criminal defense lawyer, tackles a high‑paying case that turns out to be far more dangerous than it first appears.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
After a brutal home invasion kills his family, ex‑police officer Frank Meyer is accused of murder. Private investigators Joe Pike and Elvis Cole uncover a tangled web of crime, betrayal and vengeance in Los Angeles.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
Elvis Cole, the hard‑boiled private investigator, races against time to find a boy who vanished while staying with him in Los Angeles, confronting family ties and a buried past.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
Suspended detective Harry Bosch investigates a 1961 murder that turns out to be his own mother, uncovering a decades‑old conspiracy in Los Angeles.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
When a missing Ojibwe girl’s body washes up on a Lake Superior island, former sheriff‑turned‑private investigator Cork O’Connor battles myths, silence, and a sex‑trafficking ring to uncover the truth and save the girl’s family.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
Elvis Cole and Joe Pike, two Los Angeles private investigators, take on a high‑stakes case when a missing woman linked to a defense contractor is targeted by dangerous underground forces.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
LAPD detective Hieronymous (aka Harry) Bosch is a loner and a nighthawk. Called out on a routine drug overdose case, Bosch soon realises that the victim found lying in the Mullholland Dam drainpipe is no accident case. Billy Meadows was a fellow 'tunnel rat' in Vietnam and Harry swears to bring the killer to justice.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
Some Other Similar Books
Losing Faith by Robert CraisJames Patterson's Private India: City on Fire by James Patterson and Ashwin Sanghi
The Forgotten Man by David Baldacci
A Measure of Darkness by Maureen Jennings
Have a similar book in mind? Let others know!
Please login to submit books!