false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173050152m/241937.jpg 241937 18 <B>Penzler Pick, May 2000:</B> Like many authors with ongoing characters, Robert Crais has taken a break from his famous private eye. After eight novels featuring Elvis Cole and his loyal sidekick Joe Pike, Crais has created Carol Starkey, a bomb squad veteran now doing time as a Detective-2 with LAPD's Criminal Conspiracy Section. Three years have passed since the detonation that killed Carol's partner and lover, but she is still severely scarred both mentally and physically. She can't bear to look in the mirror, and she hasn't been with another man since David Boudreaux left her bed that last morning he went to work. She gets through the day with the help of Tagamet and alcohol.<p> When a bomb call takes the life of another colleague, Carol begins to investigate a series of explosions that seem to be designed to exterminate bomb technicians. She soon realizes that she's "the one that got away." With the help of an FBI agent whom she loathes professionally for interfering with her job but finds attractive anyway, Carol must track down one of the most frighteningly brilliant killers of the modern age. <p> This edgy thriller's protagonist is one that the reader at first may have difficulty liking, but she's got a background and history that make her truly three-dimensional. One hopes that Crais, one of the handful of young crime writers capable of writing consistently luminous prose, will continue to give us characters like Carol Starkey to star in his always powerful portraits of modern-day Los Angeles. <I>--Otto Penzler</I> 1945124 2000 Demolition Angel total:584|5:132|4:243|3:167|2:37|1:5| 584 2212 734 41 4 1 false false Thu May 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu May 21 16:55:04 -0700 2009 Thu May 21 17:17:27 -0700 2009
Taking a break from his famous Elvis Cole protagonist, Robert Crais breaks out female bomb squad detective Carol Starkey. Everyone in this book is broken in some way. Carol survived a bomb explosion that killed her lover. Several years later, she is the lead investigator in...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 12 18:10:47 -0800 2009 Thu Mar 05 20:08:32 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Apr 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 10 01:04:22 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 12 04:29:58 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Thu Feb 07 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 01 06:20:51 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 07 20:44:36 -0800 2008
I felt there were entirely too many info dumps about bombs. Though I list...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Jun 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 19 10:45:15 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 19 10:51:04 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Aug 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 13 11:02:48 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 19 20:35:41 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jul 14 20:06:07 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 14 20:09:47 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 03 21:24:44 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 14 12:49:35 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Jul 04 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 04 14:40:07 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 04 14:43:00 -0700 2008
My spouse took a look at this book and said, "This is a little bit techno-thriller for you, isn't it?"

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