The Two Minute Rule - Robert Crais

Hostage - Robert Crais

Genre: Crime/thriller Setting: Californian suburb, USA No. of pages: 385 Part of a series: no This is a standalone crime thriller from author Robert Crais, who has been delighting fans for years with many books featuring his detective duo of Elvis Cole and Joe Pike. This book follows Jeff Talley, an ex SWAT and hostage negotiator, who after a boy dies on his watch decides to take the sleepy backwater job of police chief in a quiet Californian suburb. Nothing ever happens there, until one nightmare day when armed robbers break into a house and hold the people inside hostage.... That short synopsis gives away a lot less than what s on the back of the book - be warned. ...

Hostage - Robert Crais

Genre: Crime/thriller Setting: Californian suburb, USA No. of pages: 385 Part of a series: no This is a standalone crime thriller from author Robert Crais, who has been delighting fans for years with many books featuring his detective duo of Elvis Cole and Joe Pike. This book follows Jeff Talley, an ex SWAT and hostage negotiator, who after a boy dies on his watch decides to take the sleepy backwater job of police chief in a quiet Californian suburb. Nothing ever happens there, until one nightmare day when armed robbers break into a house and hold the people inside hostage.... That short synopsis gives away a lot less than what s on the back of the book - be warned. ...

Demolition Angel - Robert Crais

who is forever clearing out space in his house in order to store more and more DVDs. Demolition Angel is no exception and the first book by Robert Crais I had ever had the pleasure to have read. Robert Crais has worked on many US TV shows such as Miami Vice and Hill Street Blues and has written fifteen novels, the most well known probably being Hostage which was made into a film starring Bruce Willis and being so prolific I was surprised I had never delved into the mans catalogue before. Oh well..... Demolotion Angel is the tale of Carol Starkey who works for the CCS (the Criminal Conspiracy Section ) arm of the Los Angeles Police Department who, during a ...

Demolition Angel - Robert Crais

who is forever clearing out space in his house in order to store more and more DVDs. Demolition Angel is no exception and the first book by Robert Crais I had ever had the pleasure to have read. Robert Crais has worked on many US TV shows such as Miami Vice and Hill Street Blues and has written fifteen novels, the most well known probably being Hostage which was made into a film starring Bruce Willis and being so prolific I was surprised I had never delved into the mans catalogue before. Oh well..... Demolotion Angel is the tale of Carol Starkey who works for the CCS (the Criminal Conspiracy Section ) arm of the Los Angeles Police Department who, during a ...

L.A. Requiem - Robert Crais

This was the first time I had laid my hands on a book by Robert Crais and at the time after reading the blurb on Amazon I never realised that I was swapping a book (via readitswapit) that was already part of a series, I thought I was getting a one off. When I say series the story itself is completely self contained it is just that the characters have featured in a number of previous books and hence the character development is well established for some readers whilst for me it took a while to understand the dynamics of the main two characters. This did not present any great problems, neither did it detract from my enjoyment of the book as basically this is a fairly ...

L.A. Requiem - Robert Crais

This was the first time I had laid my hands on a book by Robert Crais and at the time after reading the blurb on Amazon I never realised that I was swapping a book (via readitswapit) that was already part of a series, I thought I was getting a one off. When I say series the story itself is completely self contained it is just that the characters have featured in a number of previous books and hence the character development is well established for some readers whilst for me it took a while to understand the dynamics of the main two characters. This did not present any great problems, neither did it detract from my enjoyment of the book as basically this is a fairly ...