false<![CDATA[The Forgotten Man (Elvis Cole, #10)]]>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172496683m/180993.jpg18099314<i>Elvis Cole is back...<br></i><br>With his acclaimed bestsellers, <i>Hostage</i> (a <i>New York Times</i> Notable Book) and <i>Demolition Angel</i>, Robert Crais drew raves for his unstoppable pacing, edgy characterizations, and cinematic prose. Now, in <i>The Last Detective</i>, Crais returns to his signature character, Los Angeles private investigator Elvis Cole, in a masterful page-turner that probes the meaning of family and the burdens of the past.
Elvis Cole's relationship with attorney Lucy Chenier is strained. When she moved from Louisiana to join Elvis in Los Angeles, she never dreamed that violence would so easily touch her life -- but then the unthinkable happens. While Lucy is away on business and her ten-year-old son, Ben, is staying with Elvis, Ben disappears without a trace. Desperate to believe that the boy has run away, evidence soon mounts to suggest a much darker scenario.
Joining forces with his enigmatic partner, Joe Pike, Elvis frantically searches for Ben with the help of LAPD Detective Carol Starkey, as Lucy's wealthy, oil-industry ex-husband attempts to wrest control of the investigation. Amid the maelstrom of personal conflicts, Elvis and Joe are forced to consider a more troubling lead -- one indicating that Ben's disappearance is connected to a terrible, long-held secret from Elvis Cole's past.
Venturing deep inside a complex psyche, Crais explores Elvis's need for family - the military that embraced him during a troubled adolescence, his rock-solid partnership with Pike, and his floundering relationship with Lucy - as they race the clock in their search for Ben<i>. The Last Detective</i> is Robert Crais' richest, most intense tale of suspense yet.
<i>From the Hardcover edition.</i>4525792005The Forgotten Man (Elvis Cole, #10)total:641|5:161|4:297|3:158|2:21|1:4|64125138325531falsefalseTue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008Sun Apr 20 09:39:52 -0700 2008Sun Apr 20 09:44:10 -0700 2008
A man is murdered in an alley, claiming to be Elvis Cole's long-lost father. Elvis tries to figure out if he is and who killed him. Featuring a completely insane murderer. The plot's not that interesting, though the killer is a surprise. Crais tries to put some LA feel into the book, but it do...more...]]>
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The 10th Elvis Cole novel earns well above average praise from most critics. In the series' latest, Crais develops one of his most complex characters yet by expanding on the detective's painful childhood. But The Forgotten Man does have flaws, especially in comparison to the earlier, and stronger, C...more...]]>
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The Last Detective. With his emotions on edge, and his confidence at an all time low, Elvis takes the case. Is the man his father? D...more...]]>
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Elvis and Joe
Elvis is looking, again, for the circus guy that gets shot out of the cannon (which isn't a cannon, rather a catapult.) because his crazy mom once said his dad was a cannon guy. did we mention the poor lady was crazy. good story. really makes commute driving v...more...]]>
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Crais, Robert – 10th in series
Doubleday, 2005 – Hardcover
PI Elvis Cole has spent his life wondering about, and trying to find, his father. When he receives a call that a victim of a fatal gunshot says he's Cole's ...more...]]>
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