Stalking the Angel (Elvis Cole/Joe Pike Series)
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| Rating | : | 4.85 (655 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1423319443 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 363 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-11-27 |
| Language | : | English |
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Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.. For more recent Crais converts, this could prove an eye-opening revelation of how Cole got to be who he is. From Publishers Weekly Undoubtedly prompted by the success of recent Crais bestsellers (Demolition Angel; Hostage), his audio publishers have gone back to the second book in his increasingly popular Elvis Cole series, originally published in 1989, for a lively and colorful outing that manages to capture much of the author's early innocence and freshness. Other c
Hired by a hotel magnate to locate a priceless Japanese manuscript, L.A. private eye to come along in years." - Joseph Wambaugh. "Stalking the Angel is a righteous California book: intelligent, perceptive, hard, clean." - James Elroy "Elvis Cole provides more fun for the reader than any L.A. private eye Elvis Cole encounters the notorious Yakuza, the Japanese mob, and is drawn into a game of sexual obsession, amorality, and evil
"Superb storytelling" according to JAK. What's not to like about a wise cracking private eye? Elvis Cole is not only a sarcastic sonofagun but he's a damn fine detective with a moral compass you can steer by. When his client's daughter is kidnapped, and he's fired from the security gig he'd been working, he does the right thing and keeps up the search for her even as the fertilizer strikes the rotating bladed cooling device. Any guy who drives a yellow '66 'vette is already half way to being on my good side.. Stalking the Angel by Robert Crais: A review PlantBirdWoman So, a cool blonde walks into the office of a sarcastic, wise-cracking private eye in Los Angeles and finds him upside down, at his ease, standing on his head. And we're off on another noir adventure with Elvis Cole, the "world's greatest detective" and his partner, Joe Pike, who never smiles, never takes his sunglasses off even at night, is a stone-cold killer and probable psychopath.Also, let us not forget Elvis' beer-drinking cat and his yellow Corvette and his office that is deco. wdnleg said Great book. This is one of the earlier Elvis Crais and Joe Pike books. It is one where there still a lot of humor and wry, sardonic observations. I enjoyed it a great deal and I believe you will too