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 Free Fall - Robert Crais
Description: ISBN 0752827553 / Author: Robert Crais / Genre: Crime / Thriller / Elvis Cole is just a detective who can't say no, especially to a girl ... more  Free Fall - Robert Crais ... in a terrible fix. And Jennifer Sheridan qualifies. Her fiance, Mark Thurman, is a decorated LA cop with an elite plainclothes unit, but Jennifer is sure he's in trouble - the kind of serious trouble that only Cole can get him out of. Five minutes after his new client leaves the office, Cole and his partner, the enigmatic Joe Pike, are hip-deep in a deadly situation as they plummet into a world of South Central gangs, corrupt cops and conspiracies of silence. And before long, every cop in the LAPD is gunning for a pair of armed and dangerous killers - Cole and Pike.Newest Review: ... It all begins when Cole is asked to investigate a straight forward case for a woman who feels that her fiancée may be in ... more ... trouble. It turns out that this is the understatement of the year when Cole is dragged into one of those cover-ups that have made the LAPD famous across the world. A group of renegade police officers, including the girl’s fiancée, seem to have something big to hide. Cole and Pike must go up against the LAPD and the gangs of LA to try and uncover the truth behind the death of a not so innocent man.
As a series of action crime thrillers the Elvis Coles books must be amongst the best. Each one has a great mystery a...more |
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Free Fall - Robert Crais: More Exploitive than Blackula (817 words)
by samueltyler - written on 06.07.07 (Very useful, 72 readings)
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There is something very uncomfortable about watching old recordings of the black and white minstrels. Back in the day it was not seen as particularly racist, but great family entertainment. Thankfully society has moved on and the more enlightened of us see that impersonating black people and their supposed stereotypes is not on. However, how do we tackle issues about the black community today? Sensitively for sure, but for some people this is easier said then done. When writing about gang cultures in America depending on who the author is can make the dialogue succeed or fail. If the author was a person that came from the gangs you would imagine that the sense of ...
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