false 14404 19 When quiet Ellen Lang enters Elvis Cole's Disney-Deco office, she's lost something very valuable - her husband and her young son. The case seems simple enough, but Elvis isn't thrilled. Neither is his enigmatic partner and firepower Joe Pike. Their search down the seamy side of Hollywood's studio lots and sculptured lawns soon leads them deep into a nasty netherworld of drugs and sex - and murder. Now the case is getting interesting, but it's also turned ugly. Because everybody, from cops to starlets to crooks, has declared war on Ellen and Elvis 2541445 1987 The Monkey's Raincoat (Elvis Cole, #1) total:767|5:197|4:355|3:178|2:31|1:6| 767 3007 1012 75 4 1 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 25 22:23:27 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 02 07:32:50 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Sep 06 09:40:53 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 06 09:48:28 -0700 2009
Crais has my respect. He has shown he can pace a book, inject humour, create strong characters which...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Jun 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 09 19:09:25 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 19 20:00:55 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jul 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 19 06:27:25 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 19 06:31:29 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Sep 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 28 09:26:09 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 05 08:53:33 -0700 2009
The sarcastic, altruistic tough guy with a streak of impatience for rules and regulations, this book reads like a Bruce Willis cop drama. In fact, it's sup...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Aug 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 16 03:30:55 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 16 03:30:55 -0700 2009 I liked this book not for the plot, which was not especially re...more...]]> 2 0 false false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Mar 10 07:24:34 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 02 02:44:30 -0700 2008 more...]]> 1 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 14 16:09:20 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 14 16:09:20 -0800 2008 For example, he doesn't like his client's friend be...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu May 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Feb 02 05:52:53 -0800 2009 Fri May 22 11:55:41 -0700 2009 "The Monkey's Raincoat" is the first in the Elvis Cole, P.I. series by author Robert Crais and a great first book it is!!

I must admit it took me a while to stop comparing it to the Myron Bolitar series by Harlan Coben (incidentially Crais wrote his series first!) and although t...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Aug 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 11 20:22:14 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 02 17:34:12 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Mar 24 20:12:43 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 24 20:13:52 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Nov 24 12:07:06 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 24 12:09:41 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 1995 Thu Aug 21 12:38:54 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 21 12:43:25 -0700 2008 Crais, Robert - 1st in Elvis Cole series

When quiet Ellen Lang enters Elvis Cole's Disney Deco office, she's lost something very valuable her husband and her young son. The case seems simple enough, but Elvis isn't thrilled. Neither is his enigmatic partner...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Mar 06 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Mar 07 12:02:58 -0800 2009 Sat Mar 07 12:07:53 -0800 2009 one 4 0 false false Mon Nov 23 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 24 06:34:22 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 24 06:36:51 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Tue Sep 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 15 18:15:22 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 15 18:15:22 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sun Mar 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 02 09:45:03 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 15 14:50:07 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Sun Jan 11 19:59:31 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 11 20:00:16 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Fri Jan 23 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Fri Aug 28 11:36:01 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 28 11:36:21 -0700 2009 ]]> 4 0 false false Mon Mar 02 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 27 12:43:56 -0800 2009 Tue Mar 03 18:48:53 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=14404