false 1689469 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg 1689469 18 1686300 1 7 2008 Chasing Darkness (Elvis Cole, #11) total:719|5:156|4:343|3:184|2:33|1:3| 719 2773 1001 167 8944 3.93 9843 971 29987257 1149074 1689469 0743281640 9780743281645 155 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1689469.Chasing_Darkness 3.87 680 2008 4 2 false Fri Aug 08 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 12 17:38:28 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 12 17:47:18 -0700 2008
This Elvis outing was mo...more...]]> 48591649 353707 1689469 0743281640 9780743281645 155 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1689469.Chasing_Darkness 3.86 719 2008 3 1 false Sun Mar 08 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 08 08:24:47 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 08 08:37:38 -0700 2009 noir Los Angeles, but the plot of this book kept straying into a kind of sleepwalking. I suppose it was necessary for Cole and Pike to have the violent encounter with the Repko brothers in order to get more clues to nail down the serial killer, but that plot d...more...]]> 35200370 1616376 1689469 0743281640 9780743281645 155 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1689469.Chasing_Darkness 3.86 719 2008 3 1 false Mon Oct 13 11:56:00 -0700 2008 Sat Oct 18 19:54:57 -0700 2008 more...]]> 31139285 1460052 1689469 0743281640 9780743281645 155 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1689469.Chasing_Darkness 3.86 719 2008 3 1 false Wed Jul 09 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 25 09:57:33 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 25 14:25:16 -0700 2008 more...]]> 29045646 582249 1689469 0743281640 9780743281645 155 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1689469.Chasing_Darkness 3.86 719 2008 5 1 false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 02 06:54:59 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 11 03:08:41 -0700 2008
Lionel had been a...more...]]> 45463501 1008236 1689469 0743281640 9780743281645 155 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1689469.Chasing_Darkness 3.86 719 2008 0 1 false Thu Feb 05 09:58:40 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 09:58:40 -0800 2009 Elvis Cole has been around for more than 20 years, and he has aged like fine wine. Chasing Darkness contains the classic crime elements that have made Crais's series so popular, but the novel seems, as a few critics commented, more like a straightforward crime thriller this time around. Material Wit...

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Read: 06/27/09 Rating: 5/A
1st Line (Prologue): Beakman & Trencherd could smell the fire -- it was still a mile away, but a sick desert wind carried the promise of Hell
1st Line (Ch 1): Our offi...more...]]> 37047911 1376092 1689469 0743281640 9780743281645 155 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1689469.Chasing_Darkness 3.86 719 2008 3 0 true Thu Nov 06 12:09:45 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 21 17:51:23 -0800 2008
When L.A. firefighters are clearing residents from an imminent ...more...]]> 81923463 1844330 6274060 1416514988 9781416514985 5 http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/62/60/6274060-m-1255646670.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/62/60/6274060-s-1255646670.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6274060.Chasing_Darkness 3.75 20 Elvis Cole is Back--In a Desperate Fight to Clear his Name...

It's fire season, and the hills of Los Angeles are burning. When police and fire department personnel rush door to door in a frenzied evacuation effort, they discover the week-old corpse of an apparent suicide. But the gunshot victim is less gruesome than what they find in his lap: a photo album of seven brutally murdered young women -- one per year, for seven years. And when the suicide victim is identified as a former suspect in one of the murders, the news turns Elvis Cole's world upside down.

Three years earlier Lionel Byrd was brought to trial for the murder of a female prostitute named Yvonne Bennett. A taped confession coerced by the police inspired a prominent defense attorney to take Byrd's case, and Elvis Cole was hired to investigate. It was Cole's eleventh-hour discovery of an exculpatory videotape that allowed Lionel Byrd to walk free. Elvis was hailed as a hero.

But the discovery of the death album in Byrd's lap now brands Elvis as an unwitting accomplice to murder. Captured in photographs that could only have been taken by the murderer, Yvonne Bennett was the fifth of the seven victims -- two more young women were murdered after Lionel Byrd walked free. So Elvis can't help but wonder -- did he, Elvis Cole, cost two more young women their lives?

Shut out of the investigation by a special LAPD task force determined to close the case, Elvis Cole and Joe Pike desperately fight to uncover the truth about Lionel Byrd and his nightmare album of death -- a truth hidden by lies, politics, and corruption in a world where nothing is what it seems to be.

Chasing Darkness is a blistering thriller from the bestselling author who sets the standard for intense, powerful crime writing.]]> 2008 4 0 false Thu Dec 10 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Dec 23 23:31:17 -0800 2009 Wed Dec 23 23:31:51 -0800 2009 more...]]> 53779348 1058994 1689469 0743281640 9780743281645 155 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1689469.Chasing_Darkness 3.86 719 2008 3 0 false Thu Apr 23 18:58:49 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 23 18:58:49 -0700 2009 Elvis Cole, the ponderously named detective, cleared a man of murder three years ago. Now that man has been found dea...more...]]> 78774592 2710348 6274060 1416514988 9781416514985 5 http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/62/60/6274060-m-1255646670.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/62/60/6274060-s-1255646670.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6274060.Chasing_Darkness 3.86 719 Elvis Cole is Back--In a Desperate Fight to Clear his Name...

It's fire season, and the hills of Los Angeles are burning. When police and fire department personnel rush door to door in a frenzied evacuation effort, they discover the week-old corpse of an apparent suicide. But the gunshot victim is less gruesome than what they find in his lap: a photo album of seven brutally murdered young women -- one per year, for seven years. And when the suicide victim is identified as a former suspect in one of the murders, the news turns Elvis Cole's world upside down.

Three years earlier Lionel Byrd was brought to trial for the murder of a female prostitute named Yvonne Bennett. A taped confession coerced by the police inspired a prominent defense attorney to take Byrd's case, and Elvis Cole was hired to investigate. It was Cole's eleventh-hour discovery of an exculpatory videotape that allowed Lionel Byrd to walk free. Elvis was hailed as a hero.

But the discovery of the death album in Byrd's lap now brands Elvis as an unwitting accomplice to murder. Captured in photographs that could only have been taken by the murderer, Yvonne Bennett was the fifth of the seven victims -- two more young women were murdered after Lionel Byrd walked free. So Elvis can't help but wonder -- did he, Elvis Cole, cost two more young women their lives?

Shut out of the investigation by a special LAPD task force determined to close the case, Elvis Cole and Joe Pike desperately fight to uncover the truth about Lionel Byrd and his nightmare album of death -- a truth hidden by lies, politics, and corruption in a world where nothing is what it seems to be.

Chasing Darkness is a blistering thriller from the bestselling author who sets the standard for intense, powerful crime writing.]]> 2008 4 0 false Mon Nov 23 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 23 14:09:43 -0800 2009 Fri Dec 25 09:27:30 -0800 2009 more...]]> 40362309 1798103 1689469 0743281640 9780743281645 155 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1689469.Chasing_Darkness 3.86 719 2008 4 0 false Mon Apr 28 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Dec 17 23:11:16 -0800 2008 Tue May 12 15:46:17 -0700 2009 1 like Elvis Cole. He's in my Top 10 all time favorite fictional characters. And honestly, that's why this book is getting 4 stars. Because Crais would have to turn a Cole mystery into a Tarentino bloodfest for me to knock the book down to 2 stars.

Elvis Cole is a Nice Guy. So when he...more...]]> 31829105 874259 1689469 0743281640 9780743281645 155 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1689469.Chasing_Darkness 3.86 719 2008 4 0 false Tue Sep 16 16:23:45 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 02 11:57:36 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 16 16:23:45 -0700 2008 Raymond Chandler!!!

He has Chandler's ear for first person narrative and asides, Leonard's dialogue and ability to constantly keep a story moving. That is Crais' best attribute, he keeps the story moving from the discovery of the body...more...]]> 29382862 250195 1689469 0743281640 9780743281645 155 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1689469.Chasing_Darkness 3.86 719 2008 4 0 false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 05 21:34:56 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 05 21:36:20 -0700 2008 Crais, Robert – 11th in series
Simon & Schuster, 2008, US Hardcover – ISBN: 9780743281645

First Sentence: Beakman and Trenchard could smell the fire--it was still a mile away, but a sick desert wind carried the pro...more...]]> 27642068 971869 1689469 0743281640 9780743281645 155 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1689469.Chasing_Darkness 3.86 719 2008 4 0 false Wed Jul 23 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 18 12:46:07 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 24 21:43:21 -0700 2008
Robert Crais' Elvis Cole novels are similar to the detective stories that Robert B. Parker first started in his Spenser series; the wis...more...]]> 25678563 647592 1689469 0743281640 9780743281645 155 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1689469.Chasing_Darkness 3.86 719 2008 4 0 false Fri Jun 27 11:51:20 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 08 08:35:13 -0700 2008 more...]]> 58049786 529705 1689469 0743281640 9780743281645 155 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1689469.Chasing_Darkness 3.86 719 2008 4 0 false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 01 07:28:04 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 01 07:35:07 -0700 2009 more...]]> 69631083 512306 1689469 0743281640 9780743281645 155 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1689469.Chasing_Darkness 3.86 719 2008 4 0 false Mon Aug 31 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 31 19:24:04 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 31 19:26:22 -0700 2009 more...]]> 28150740 1007476 1689469 0743281640 9780743281645 155 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1689469.Chasing_Darkness 3.86 719 2008 5 0 false Tue Jul 29 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 24 07:12:27 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 01 11:21:55 -0700 2008
Plot has surprises, I had a hint that one character might not be totally OK, but I didn't guess the ending at all. I enjoyed...more...]]> 68727901 1303008 1689469 0743281640 9780743281645 155 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1689469.Chasing_Darkness 3.86 719 2008 3 0 false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 24 14:05:35 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 24 14:10:14 -0700 2009 more...]]> 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1689469