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Title: The Last Detective by Robert Crais ISBN: 0-385-50426-8 Publisher: Doubleday Pub. Date: 18 February, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.23 (81 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Well worth waiting for...Bravo!
Comment: It was worth the four-year wait for Elvis Cole to return in "The Last Detective" by Robert Crais. I read it in less than 24 hours.
The plot catapults at a relentless pace. Down-to-earth, practical detective work is what solves the crime in this ticking clock child kidnapping. Since the child is the son of Elvis Cole's girl friend, the hunt is both personal and professional...and therefore all the more chilling,
The point of view switches between the characters (Elvis is in the first person) is smooth as silk and most engaging.
The reader learns the clues as they unfold for Elvis, going thru the stages of frustration to hope to possibility to solution with Elvis and his archangel Joe Pike.
The supporting cast, especially Carol Starkey (from "Demolition Angel") is outstanding.
We learn a lot of Elvis' past via flashbacks that propel the plot. The scene from his Vietnam days is as intense as any I have read.
It is a compelling novel that truly showcases depth of Robert Crais as a writer.
Highly recommended.
Rating: 4
Summary: Is it fair to review a half-read book? Yes!
Comment: Please note the rating is provisional - I suspect it will bump up to a five by the time I finish...
I have been waiting a long time to read this book, a continuation of the Elvis Cole/Joe Pike series. In addition to the resolution of the mystery and the smart-ass humor, I've always appreciated how the friendship of Elvis and Joe has been explored in each book.
The Last Detective further develops the character of Elvis Cole: the mysteries of his upbringing and his Vietnam experiences, all filtered through the search for Ben Chenier, son of Cole's girlfriend, Lucy.
So far, I have already been moved to tears by descriptions of the young Elvis, the battle scene is harrowing, and although I hope for a happy ending, I can't see where Crais is leading me in this story. I'm grateful for that fact. He also has a way of making the reader care about his characters, even those who might only appear for a few pages. They grow and develop; no cardboard people here. He even makes LA look good to this native San Franciscan!
Be sure to read (or re-read) LA Requiem; events in The Last Detective are influenced by the previous book. And if you have never read Robert Crais, begin with The Monkey's Raincoat and read the series in order. You'll read straight through and I promise you won't be disappointed.
Rating: 5
Summary: A six stars writer
Comment: Definitively RC is a six stars writer, the way he explains what are thinking all the characters at the same action in the book is excellent, the way he combine the characters of L.A. Requiem and Demolition Angel and explain them the easiest way so you don't have to read these books to understand this one is also excellent.
The story of the kidnap and the way everybody is related to that won't let you put the book down until you finish it, but when the book is done, you will ask for more.
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Title: Indigo Slam by Robert Crais ISBN: 0345435648 Publisher: Fawcett Books Pub. Date: 04 February, 2003 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Lost Light by Michael Connelly ISBN: 0316154601 Publisher: Little Brown & Company Pub. Date: 01 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
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Title: Free Fall by Robert Crais ISBN: 0553565095 Publisher: Crime Line Pub. Date: 01 April, 1994 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Voodoo River by Robert Crais ISBN: 0786889055 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 01 April, 1996 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: L.A. Requiem by ROBERT CRAIS ISBN: 0345434471 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 01 February, 2000 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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