Chasing Darkness: An Elvis Cole Novel
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| Rating | : | 4.18 (705 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B000YJ675E |
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| Number of Pages | : | 595 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-07-02 |
| Language | : | English |
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Captured in photographs that could only have been taken by the murderer, Yvonne Bennett was the fifth of the seven victims—two more young women were murdered after Lionel Byrd walked free. It was Cole’s eleventh-hour discovery of an exculpatory videotape that allowed Lionel Byrd to walk free. But the gunshot victim is less gruesome than what they find in his lap: a photo album of seven brutally murdered young women—one per year, for seven years. So Elvis can’t help but wonder—did he, Elvis Cole, cost two more young women their lives?Shut out of the investigation by a special LAPD task force determined to close the case, Elvis Cole and Joe Pike desperately fight to uncover the truth about Lionel Byrd and his nightmare album of death—a truth hidden by lies, politics, and corruption in a world where nothing is what it seems to be.Chasing Darkness is a blistering thriller from the bestselling author who sets the standard for intense, powerful crime writing.. Cole’s fight to clear his name brings murder and corruption terrifyingly close to home.It’s fire season, and the hills of Los Angeles are burning. Elvis was hailed as a hero.But the discovery of the death album in Byrd’s lap now brands Elvis as an unwitting accomplice to murder. Three years earlier Lionel B
Slipping back into these characters, Daniels easily distinguishes Cole's wise-guy banter from Pike's steely resolution, and he gives this outing's enigmatic villain, Lionel Byrd, just the right note of weirdness. . (July)Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. Cole and Pike dodge bullets as they dig around to find out the truth. It's a welcome return and Daniel's no-nonsense reading elevates one of Crais's lesser efforts and turns it into an enjoyable listening experience. From Publishers Weekly After earning a law degree, James Daniels quit recording audiobooks, but returned to read Crais's newest Elivis
Elvis' Story Richard B. Schwartz Joe PIke is along as well and so is Carol Starkey, but this is Elvis' story. A putative suicide is found as the result of a fire, a man exonerated by Elvis in the past. Now it appears that the man was a serial killer and Elvis was responsible for providing him the freedom to kill others. Elvis goes to work, sorting things out. The result is a classic novel of detection, in which the protagonist knocks on doors, asks people questions, knocks on more doors, asks more questions and does not stop (no matter how many obstacles are placed. Wayne C. Rogers said Anything by Robert Crais is a winner!. Elvis Cole, the world's greatest detective, is back in action with Robert Crais' newest novel, Chasing Darkness. I've been reading the "Elvis Cole" series since the mid-nineties, and I've never been disappointed in a single one of the twelve books. In fact, this is a series that I'll buy in hardcover as soon as it comes out, rather than waiting for the paperback edition to present itself a year down the road. That alone says a lot about the quality of the storytelling here and the author's writing.In Chasing Darkness, Los Angeles P.. This One's All Elvis, or nearly so Nike N. Chillemi Robert Crais is one of my fav authors. He can weave a spell binding suspense that keeps you turning pages. In Chasing Darkness, Elvis is stunned to learn the man he proved innocent of killing a young woman may have been guilty. In fact, he may have killed more young women. Cole thinks his original investigation was sound. He and his partner, the enigmatic Joe Pike set off to find out who the real killer is. To solve the case they must cut though a web of corruption and heavy-duty LAPD politics. When the killer is finally revealed in