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I'm afraid this struck me as shallow and predictable as a television episode. The detective, Elvis Cole, reminds me of Magnum, PI. The copyright of 1987 puts it during the first run of that show--and this does read as very, very eighties with all its pop references. When the novel opens, Cole's wearing a Hawaiian shirt and like Magnum he's a Vietnam veteran. However, for that Chandler cache, this novel is set in Los Angeles and told first person.
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