The First Rule

The First Rule
Author Robert Crais
Country United States
Language English
Series Elvis Cole series
Genre Detective fiction
Publisher Bantam
Publication date
2010
Media type Print (Paperback)
Pages 411 pp (1st edition)
ISBN 978-0-425-23812-7
Preceded by Chasing Darkness
Followed by The Sentry

The First Rule is a 2010 detective novel by Robert Crais. It is the thirteenth in a series of linked novels centering on the private investigator Elvis Cole.