What is he experiencing in ‘The Big Empty’? A: Well, the characters all lose something in this book. Of course, the one thing above all other things that Joe Pike doesn’t want to lose is ...
THE BIG EMPTY. By Robert Crais. G.P. Putnam's Sons. 384 pages. $30. Traci Beller was 13 when her father — co-owner of a heating and air conditioning company — went out on some service calls ...