false 5 0 false false Sat Jun 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 04 06:32:24 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 04 06:39:50 -0700 2009 2008, Simon & Schuster, 273 pgs/ PI Mystery-Suspense
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 office was a good place to be that morning. There was only the tocking of the Pinocchio clock, the scratch of my pen, & the hiss of the air-conditioning fighting a terrible heat

Several years back, Elvis Cole was hired by an attorney to prove w/ video evidence that Lionel Byrd could not have killed Yvonne Bennet because he was in another part of town in a bar. When Byrd turns up dead, appearing as a suicide, w/ a photo album of 7 murder victims (all unsolved cases) including Yvonne Bennett -- it seems Elvis may have cleared the wrong man. Complex, layered plot -- great writing & of course I LOVE Elvis Cole & Joe Pike. Hope this series keeps on & on.]]>