Taken by Robert Crais

Nita Morales hires private detective Elvis Cole to find her daughter, Krista, who has disappeared with her boyfriend, Jack Berman. Elvis slowly discovers that they have been taken by "bajadores," people who kidnap illegal immigrants that have just arrived in the United States. They then try to get a ransom from their victims' families back home. When the families can no longer pay, the immigrants are killed. After Elvis himself is taken prisoner, it's up to his partner, Joe Pike, to rescue all three of them. Taken is the latest book in the Elvis Cole/Joe Pike series and will be published later this month.