Lullaby Town - Robert Crais

The Last Detective - Robert Crais

The Last Detective is the ninth Elvis Cole novel written by Robert Crais and takes a much darker and more sinister tone than the other books I have read in the series whilst still managing to give us some insight into what makes Private Eye Cole and his silent partner, Joe Pike, tick. It has a real change of pace and style from the other Cole books I have picked up and makes a refreshing change to the series so far- also featuring Detective Carol Starkey of Demolition Angel fame in a cameo which looks to make her a more permanent character in the Cole novels. Crais is not the first writer to combine characters across titles; Stephen King does it a lot, slipping in sly ...

The Last Detective - Robert Crais

The Last Detective is the ninth Elvis Cole novel written by Robert Crais and takes a much darker and more sinister tone than the other books I have read in the series whilst still managing to give us some insight into what makes Private Eye Cole and his silent partner, Joe Pike, tick. It has a real change of pace and style from the other Cole books I have picked up and makes a refreshing change to the series so far- also featuring Detective Carol Starkey of Demolition Angel fame in a cameo which looks to make her a more permanent character in the Cole novels. Crais is not the first writer to combine characters across titles; Stephen King does it a lot, slipping in sly ...

The Last Detective - Robert Crais

of John Connolly and Karin Slaughter writing violent books with little respite. These books are not for me. I like my crime with a pinch of humour so Robert B Parker and Colin Bateman are more up my alley. However, even the writers of lighter comedy have their darker books. The books were the hero is challenged more than ever before. It is hard to write a dark book about a lighter character and many authors get the tone wrong. Could Robert Crais achieve success when he places the witty Elvis Cole in a situation where there is nothing to laugh about? Elvis Cole has finally got it sorted. His business as a PI is going well and he is in a stable relationship with ...

The Last Detective - Robert Crais

of John Connolly and Karin Slaughter writing violent books with little respite. These books are not for me. I like my crime with a pinch of humour so Robert B Parker and Colin Bateman are more up my alley. However, even the writers of lighter comedy have their darker books. The books were the hero is challenged more than ever before. It is hard to write a dark book about a lighter character and many authors get the tone wrong. Could Robert Crais achieve success when he places the witty Elvis Cole in a situation where there is nothing to laugh about? Elvis Cole has finally got it sorted. His business as a PI is going well and he is in a stable relationship with ...

The Monkey's Raincoat - Robert Crais

The Monkeys Raincoat is the first in a series of novels about Private Eye Elvis Cole and his silent partner, Joe Pike, who doubles as a mercenary for hire. Author Robert Crais is perhaps most recently known for writing the novel Hostage on which the Bruce Willis film of the same name was based but the Elvis Cole novels are where he established his well earnt reputation for classy, modern Detective thrillers that read like a modern day Chandler and are as action-packed as any Hollywood movie! In his first literary outing, Cole is approached by a distraught young woman, Ellen Lang, and her uptight friend,Janet, because her husband has disappeared with their son. Warned ...

The Monkey's Raincoat - Robert Crais

The Monkeys Raincoat is the first in a series of novels about Private Eye Elvis Cole and his silent partner, Joe Pike, who doubles as a mercenary for hire. Author Robert Crais is perhaps most recently known for writing the novel Hostage on which the Bruce Willis film of the same name was based but the Elvis Cole novels are where he established his well earnt reputation for classy, modern Detective thrillers that read like a modern day Chandler and are as action-packed as any Hollywood movie! In his first literary outing, Cole is approached by a distraught young woman, Ellen Lang, and her uptight friend,Janet, because her husband has disappeared with their son. Warned ...