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The Monkey's Raincoat
Cole & Pike (Related to this series)
- Author
- Robert Crais
- Narrator
- Patrick G Lawler
- Publisher
- Orion
- Publish Date
- 25 September 2014
- Run Time
- 8 hours 9 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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What to expect
Their search down the seamy side of Hollywood's studio lots and sculptured lawns soon leads them deep into a nasty netherworld of drugs and sex - and murder. Now the case is getting interesting, but it's also turned ugly. Because everybody, from cops to starlets to crooks, has declared war on Ellen and Elvis.
Read by Patrick G Lawler
(p) 2007 Brilliance Audio
Critics Review
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A major US crime series that can no longer be overlooked
TIME OUT
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Far and away the most satisfying private eye novel in years. Grab this one-it's a winner!
Lawrence Block
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Elvis Cole is the very best kind of hero
GUARDIAN
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Robert Crais is a crime writer of incredible talent - his novels are not only suspenseful and deeply atmospheric ... they are very hard to put down
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I can't wait for the next Robert Crais!
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Robert Crais - and Joe Pike - will have you by the throat
INDEPENDENT
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A modern master of crime fiction
Gregg Hurwitz
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Outstanding characters, tight plot, and scintillating prose style ... This fast-paced story speeds Elvis Cole to a chilling, heart-stopping ending
MYSTERY SCENE
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Is Bob Crais good? Put it this way: if they're taking you out to put you against the firing squad wall, and you want to enjoy your last moments on earth, pass on the last cigarette and ask for an Elvis Cole novel
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Details
- Author
- Robert Crais
- Narrator
- Patrick G Lawler
- Duration
- 8 hours 9 minutes
- Release Date
- 25 September 2014
- ISBN
- 9781409155164
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Orion
- Genre
- Crime and / or mystery fiction, Crime and mystery: private investigator / amateur detectives, Comical (humorous) crime and mystery
Synopsis
When quiet Ellen Lang enters Elvis Cole's Disney-deco office, she's lost something very valuable - her husband and young son. The case seems simple enough, but Elvis isn't thrilled. Neither is his enigmatic partner and firepower Joe Pike.Their search down the seamy side of Hollywood's studio lots and sculptured lawns soon leads them deep into a nasty netherworld of drugs and sex - and murder. Now the case is getting interesting, but it's also turned ugly. Because everybody, from cops to starlets to crooks, has declared war on Ellen and Elvis.Read by Patrick G Lawler(p) 2007 Brilliance Audio
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