false 1689469 15 After the fabulous success of THE WATCHMAN, Crais comes roaring back with his Elvis Cole series. 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. 1686300 1 7 2008 Chasing Darkness (Elvis Cole, #11) total:688|5:149|4:326|3:177|2:33|1:3| 688 2649 954 163 4 2 false 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...]]> 3 1 false 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...]]> 3 1 false false Mon Oct 13 11:56:00 -0700 2008 Sat Oct 18 19:54:57 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 1 false 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...]]> 5 1 false 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...]]> 0 1 false 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...]]> 3 0 false 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...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Apr 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 02 10:18:40 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 02 11:14:11 -0700 2009
I have to admit that I love novels that take place in Los Angeles, so I can say "I know where that is!" In a way, it makes it more real for m...more...]]> 3 0 false 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...]]> 4 0 false 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...]]> 4 0 false 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...]]> 4 0 false 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...]]> 4 0 false 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...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Jun 27 11:51:20 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 08 08:35:13 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false 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...]]> 4 0 false 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...]]> 5 0 false 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...]]> 3 0 false 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...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Apr 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed May 20 15:14:58 -0700 2009 Wed May 20 15:15:27 -0700 2009 couple of years prior to this story and gets involved again when Byrd
is accused of murdering several women. Cole gets involved again to
find out the truth and the suspects and coverups make it look like a
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