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Type of bind: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN num: 9780345435644
ISBN number: 0345435648
Label: Fawcett
Manufacturer: Fawcett
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 320
Printing Date: February 04, 2003
Publishing house: Fawcett
Release Date: February 04, 2003
Sale Popularity Level: 43012
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Life in the California sun suits Elvis Cole—until the day a fifteen-year-old girl and her two younger siblings walk into his office. Then everything changes.
Three years ago, a Seattle family ran for their lives in a hail of bullets. Hired by three kids to find their missing father, Elvis now must pick up the cold pieces of a drama that began that night. What he finds is a sordid tale of high crimes and illicit drugs. As clues to a man’s secret life emerge from the shadows, Elvis knows he’s not just up against ruthless mobsters and some very angry Feds. He’s facing a storm of desperation and conspiracy—bearing down on three children whose only crime was their survival. . . .
Amazon.com Review:
Readers who complain that there's too much wisecracking and cute icon worship in Robert Crais's books about Los Angeles private eye Elvis Cole will be glad to find these traits downplayed (but not totally disappeared) in this story about Cole's search for a missing printer whose specialty is funny money. The book is centered by the presence of the printer's three children--especially the motherly 15-year-old Teri and the obnoxious 12-year-old Charles--who hire Elvis from the phone book. Cole, hoping to become the stepfather of the son of his own lady love, gets sucked in by the children's combination of need and family unity, and soon finds himself in the middle of a shooting war between Russian gangsters, Vietnamese patriots, and ambiguous Federal agents. Previous Elvis outings in paperback: Sunset Express, Free Fall, Lullaby Town, The Monkey's Raincoat, Stalking the Angel, Voodoo River.
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As I work my way through the body of Robert Crais' work, I can't help but wonder what took me so long in "discovering" Messr Crais! I recently completed "Indigo Slam", another 5-star-winner, maybe the best of his novels I've read yet but olde news to those Crais fans who have been around for a while. Great characters/characterizations a good plot and though it was telegraphed beforehand, a rousing, rip-roaring ending which caught me totally flat-footed! Bring on the subsequent book in the series, I'm ready; I know I should be spreading them out... but I can't do it, call me Craised!
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Another winner by Robert Crais. Don't know how I missed this one, but surely I've read all of his now. Always entertaing.... Once again the reparte' brought a smile and at times a chuckle...Still in love with Joe Pike. Recommend this book, might want to start with the very first Elvis Cole if you aren't familiar with this character.
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I love the thriller genre and this is a good read. Not as good as the Watchman also by Crais but good. You can depend on this writer to give you a good read. New thriller writer Conrad Jones, the Soft Target trilogy is the best I`ve read for ages, and Michael Connelly`s Overlook was a belter too.
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Robert Crais is a highly skilled crime writer, and I think his "Elvis Cole" series is well worth reading. Unfortunately, INDIGO SLAM, the seventh novel in the series, is a flat and uninspired installment.
INDIGO SLAM starts out quite well, with three young children hiring Cole to find their missing father. But it doesn't take Cole very long to find out where he is, and all the mystery of the plot soon evaporates. The last two thirds of this book is pretty much a lot of action, mostly at the expense of characterization.
Cole doesn't have much at stake in the storyline, and you ever really worry about his safety. I also didn't really care for the father at all, and his three children are little more than stereotypes. In the end, I cared little for how things turned out for them.
Crais is ultimately a formulaic writer, albeit a very solid one. Still, INDIGO SLAM contains a bunch of scenes and situations that are pretty much identical to earlier installments of this series. Reading this novel is a bit like watching a TV show in its final few seasons, when it's way past its prime. My advice is to skip this novel, and try earlier Cole books like FREE FALL, LULLABY TOWN, or VOODOO RIVER.
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While not as action-packed as "The Last Detective" (which follows "Indigo Slam" in the series, but I've not read a single one of them in order so why start now?), this is a strong book. Lots of smart comments, action and twists and turns, although the very last twist was so obvious that only the clinically brain dead couldn't see it coming. But, that didn't lessen the overall value of the book for me.
The audiobook is read by David Stuart who captures the voice of Elvis Cole perfectly. The entire book lasts about 7 hours.
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