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Title: L.A. Requiem by John Bedford Lloyd, Robert Crais, John Bedford Lloyd ISBN: 0-553-52648-0 Publisher: Random House Audio Pub. Date: 01 June, 1999 Format: Audio Cassette Volumes: 4 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.48 (163 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: L.A. Requiem
Comment: Crais bids to break out of his successful Elvis Cole formula'streamlined plotting, smiling charm, slick action, happy endings'with Elvis's ambitious seventh case. This one begins as quiet as you please, with Elvis's unofficial partner Joe Pike asking him to help find the missing daughter of Joe's friend, tortilla king Frank Garcia. Not even the news that Karen Garcia has been shot dead sets it apart. What's new are Crais's persistent glimpses into closemouthed Joe's violent past as an abused child, a Marine on reconnaissance, and an LAPD officer who left plenty of enemies behind when he left the force. Now that powerful Frank Garcia wants Joe and Elvis given permission to tag along with the cops and report back to him on the case, all the bad blood between Joe and his ex-colleagues boils over. And when a second killing seems to have Joe's name on it, L.A.'s finest are only too eager to haul him in. Meantime, things have gotten complicated for Elvis too: Samantha Dolan, the tough Robbery-Homicide cop assigned to babysit him, wants to follow him all the way home, a plan that doesn't sit well with Lucy Chenier, the Baton Rouge attorney who switched homes and jobs to be with Elvis. As the tension ratchets up, even Elvis (Indigo Slam, 1997, etc.) seems to notice that his trademark unvoiced wisecracks are out of key, and he shuts them down long enough to go after the real killer before Joe can get packed off to the big house where all the inmates are who'll just love to greet him. The killer, by design, is a nonentity'one of the few letdowns in a taut, suspenseful case that opens up scars that easygoing Elvis never looked into before. (
Rating: 5
Summary: Move Over Spenser and Travis McGee-Elvis Cole is on the case
Comment: Although this book is the eighth in a series, it is my first Elvis Cole/Joe Pike novel and I was really wowed by these characters and a great whodunit story. Elvis Cole has to be one of the best private investigators of all time--smart, cynical but with humor, a nice guy and a real person with relationships. Joe Pike, on the other hand is literally the strong silent type--a Marine-trained killing machine with lots of forensics smarts. Together they are a great team. On this case, they are asked to find the daughter of a leading Hispanic businessman in LA... Crais must love Los Angeles because Cole has an intimate knowledge and affection for the city which he shares with readers.
Great characters, great setting, lots of twists, turns and subplots and probably the best PI story I have read in a number of years--this is a MUST READ for mystery fans!!
Rating: 5
Summary: This Elvis Is Much Better Than Presley!
Comment: This was my first Elvis Cole book. Wow. Others have done a fine job of describing the story line for LA Requiem, and there's nothing more I can add to what's been said that will improve anyone's understanding of the book. I just have one comment that may not have been covered before.
Elvis Cole is not just another studly, hunky, macho, hard-boiled private detective. A very important part of what Elvis deals with in this book is about how men and women view the effect of their behavior on a partner very differently. I liked the way Crais handled that subject through Elvis and Lucy. It's what makes this book different from the typical detective story, and it's what gives Elvis Cole more depth than most of his competition.
Now I'm going to go get the rest of the Elvis Cole books. I know I'm in for a treat!
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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: 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: The Monkey's Raincoat by ROBERT CRAIS ISBN: 0553275852 Publisher: Crime Line Pub. Date: 01 March, 1992 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Stalking the Angel by Robert Crais ISBN: 0553286447 Publisher: Crime Line Pub. Date: 01 March, 1992 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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