This sounded great! About a working dog (don’t even get me started, I’m fanatical in my admiration) and a police officer both struggling with PTSD. Maggie the dog was a bomb sniffer in Afghanistan, Scott an LAPD cop. Both lost their partners, both are wounded - unable to function - that is till they meet and form a healing bond. Well written, the debilitating symptoms of PTSD described with finesse. I mean what’s not to like? An interesting touch Scott doesn’t even LIKE dogs, only chose a K-9 c...

4.5 Stars! Gripping, intense plot...fantastic narration!Maggie My first read by this author and I really enjoyed it! While there was a satisfying ending, I could see these characters finding their way into another story, and I'm hoping that's a possibility! Do you hear me Robert Crais?? About the audiobook... Macleod Andrews is one of my favorite narrators. This talented man knows how to use his voice no matter the genre of book he reads, and always gives it that extra little punch!

Eight months after being horrifically injured in an armed hold up in which his partner dies, LAPD cop Scott James is trying to get on with his life and is training to be a K-9 police dog handler. Not really a dog lover, something clicks when he meets Maggie the German shepherd, herself badly injured in Afghanistan when her army handler was killed. Together Scott and Maggie start to form a bond and become a formidable team especially when Scott starts to look into why little progress has been mad...

In this first book in the 'Scott James and Maggie' series, the police officer and his K-9 dog do their initial training and investigate a crime. *****Police Officer Scott James is badly injured and his partner is killed when they inadvertently stumble into a heist on a Los Angeles street. Elsewhere, Maggie, a German Shepherd "Marine dog" is shot and injured while sniffing for explosives in Afghanistan. Months later, after they heal, Scott and Maggie come together in the K-9 (cop/dog) unit of the...

This hard hitting riveting story of a cop and his doggedness is well worth the read or listen. Mr. Crais is a master of suspense and a true writer of thrills. 9 of 10 stars

4.5 starsI gobbled this up for few hours -- safely to say that this is, so far, my FAVORITE Robert Crais novel, Cole/Pike notwithstanding.For me personally, this novel is less on the thriller-suspense but more on the friendship between Scott and the amazing 85-pound black-and-tan German shepherd dog by the name of Maggie. Both Scott and Maggie have experienced a tragedy in their lives. Scott got shot at the same night he lost his partner, Stephanie in a sudden nighttime assault. Scott always fee...

Robert Crais is one of my favorite authors of crime fiction. His work is sharp, well-crafted and beautifully paced. His characters have weight, his dialogue's smart, and it certainly doesn't hurt that his stories take place in my neck of the woods, modern-day Los Angeles, or that very few of his plots include forays into the entertainment industry. Oh, he dipped a toe early on, but his interest didn't stick and I'm grateful for that. Grateful he chose, instead, to explore the grittier side of th...

I really enjoyed this book which tells about a police dog handler and the dog he is partnered up with. Both of them have been through very stressful times and the story of their bonding is just beautiful. Along with that there is a great police procedural/ mystery which ticks all the boxes. Such an entertaining and easy read and one that you just do not want to put down. I enjoyed all of the characters but of course the star of the show is Maggie the German Shepherd. There are some delightful ch...

Book 1 in the Scott & Maggie series published 2013A very entertaining 4 star read.A damaged K9 police dog and an equally damaged police officer. This has all the hallmarks of something I want to read and it was everything and more that I could have hoped for.Scott and Maggie make quite the pair. Maggie started life as a military dog trained to find IED’s (improvised explosive devises). Whilst on duty in Afghanistan Maggie’s handler was shot and killed. Maggie was also shot but survived and is no...

Great pacing, straightforward, good prose style, and detailed enough to be satisfying.This is mostly a "classic" detective story, uncovering clues and knitting a big picture of a crime in linear fashion. The characters and police behaviour are quite believable, and the cop is heroic and is on a mission to solve the puzzle, and to save himself from his earlier mistakes.The bonus here is the warm and wonderful bonding between the cop and his K-9 partner.I spoke with Crais on 3 July 2018 in Staines...

My mother is the office manager for a small city’s police department and several years ago I visited her at work, and she introduced me around the station. The K9 came in with his handler, and the dog ran up to my mom for a happy hello. He noticed me and immediately went into a Who-The-Hell-Is-In-My-Office mode. The officer gave him the ‘Be cool.’ command, and the dog was instantly friendly. After a quick sniff to make sure I wasn’t carrying drugs or explosives (Luckily, I had locked them all in...

Amazon-Audible- Daily Special: Narrated by MacLeod AndreI had never heard of this author - nor had I read any reviews. I liked the ‘sample’ - downloaded it and began listening right away. Maggie is one of the greatest characters in this detective crime novel. Maggie is a German Shepherd, weighing eighty-five pounds. Oh my gosh ... I love her! At the start we meet Maggie and her partner Pete Gibbs. They are both in the marines. While in Afghanistan, their unit is attacked by enemy fire. Pete and

What can I say here other than...SCORE? Excellent read.What we got here is a story of two badly, badly injured individuals who are brought together by circumstances and help each other heal as they also help those who come in contact with them. The fact that one of the individuals is a German Shepherd makes no difference at all.Or for some may even make it better...Dean Koontz would love this book. Someone needs to recommend it to him.Maggie is a Marine. She has multiple jobs but one of them is

Best Dog Book Ever!Perhaps you'll start this book, as I did, by wishing it had been Elvis Cole #14 and/or Joe Pike #5. But you will definitely finish it cheering and hoping that it is actually Scott & Maggie #1!This was a great new read from Robert Crais with a cast of new characters (although the hyper sex-driven SID criminalist John Chen from the Cole/Pike books makes a cameo appearance in his usual sleazy style) centring around two post-traumatic stress syndrome damaged survivors trying to ma...

I'm a big fan of Robert Crais' Elvis Cole series (and the Joe Pike spinoff series), but I must admit I have been less of a fan of his stand-alone fiction. This is not a knock on Crais as a writer; it's more about my own tendency to form attachments to series characters. So when Suspect came out and I realized it was a stand-alone, I was less than enthused. But in my desperation for something new to read, I reluctantly picked it up.It turned out to be one of Crais' best novels.LAPD officer Scott

A man and his dog. It's a beautiful thing. Maggie the German shepherd kicked this up into the five-star zone for me. Crais made her so real that I wanted to zip down to L.A. and stage a dognapping. Of a fictional dog...Scott James is a Los Angeles cop with PTSD. Maggie has PTSD too, following an event in her service to the U.S. Marines. Scott and Maggie team up to solve a murder, and they end up rehabilitating each other. I loved the way Crais included small sections viewed from the dog's perspe...

I loved this book. Action, adventure and a look at the world from a dogs perspective.It has such great detail about the relationship between the dog (Maggie) and her pack leader (police officer Scott James). You will love the descriptions of how Maggie feels throughout the book. A gem.I also love Crasis multiple POV's in the story which I must say is also a characteristic of my own writing (Kill Crime).Very different, very good!Mike SlavinAuthor of award-winning Kill Crime and Primed to Kill, Ki...

My second Robert Crais book, and this was a very entertaining, enjoyable, exciting read.I am an animal lover, which helps with this book, I admire the work done with all dog trainers/handlers/soldiers/police, which is the base of this story.What a team, one man and his dog, or one policeman and his dog.You feel throughout this book the relationship grow and built between a dog recovering from injury and a policeman recovering from injury together.The tension stays at an even pace for two thirds

MWD Maggie T415 is an eighty-five pound black and tan German shepherd; she's also a Marine halfway through her second deployment in Afghanistan. With her handler, Pete Gibbs, she works as part of a patrol and explosives detection team. The two are devoted to each other and then one morning, while out on patrol, Maggie is sniffing out IEDs, when the unit comes under enemy fire. Pete is killed; Maggie is badly wounded and when they are choppered out together, Maggie is left with no one.Scott James...

This is a book that you need to read if you're an animal lover! I loved the whole aspect of the bond that formed between Scott and Maggie. They are both wounded warriors, grieving their lost love ones, and somewhat rejected because of their emotional/physical wounds. Maggie was so awesome, I felt my heart fill with love for this wonderful German Shepherd. I am a huge fan of this breed, and Crais presents their wonderful natures in the most truthful and vibrant way. Crais fills in some interestin...