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Published Jul 2008
288 pages
Genre: Mysteries
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Elvis was a hero when he cleared an innocent man of a murder charge. But when that innocent man is found dead three years later holding photos of the victim, Elvis is the one on trial.
"Established fans will enjoy a dramatic story built not on mere twists but on hard 90-degree turns. To get the full richness of Cole and Pike, new readers should start with one of the early novels." - Publishers Weekly.
"Some of the twists are more convincing than the last one, which leaves a few loose ends. But it's great to see Cole back in action." - Kirkus Reviews.
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Crais is the
author of the best-selling Elvis Cole novels. A native of Louisiana, he grew up
on the banks of the Mississippi River in a blue collar family of oil refinery
workers and police officers. He purchased a secondhand paperback of Raymond
Chandler's The Little Sister when he was fifteen, which inspired his
lifelong love of writing, Los Angeles, and the literature of crime fiction.
Other literary influences include Dashiell Hammett, Ernest Hemingway, Robert B.
Parker, and John Steinbeck.
After years of amateur film-making and writing short fiction, he journeyed to
Hollywood in 1976 where he quickly found work writing scripts for such major
television series as Hill Street Blues, Cagney & Lacey, and
Miami Vice, as well as numerous series pilots and Movies-...
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Link to Robert Crais's Website
Name Pronunciation
Robert Crais: rhymes with face
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