by Robert Crais
LA警察 [spoiler] 沟义嫂 [/spoiler] 蔚然成风屡屡闹出人命,话说 [spoiler] 搭档的媳妇 [/spoiler] 真啦么有魅力吗?
An LAPD bomb squad technician is blown up on the job and Detective Carol Starkey, former bomb squad tech, is on the case. Can Starkey overcome her past and bring the bomber to justice?I first heard of Demoliton Angel last year at Bouchercon when Robert Crais mentioned working on it in secret after ...
A THIRD-TIME re-read, and still top of my list. Carol Starkey is damaged, beautiful, headstrong, and a very likable character (to the reader). Her kick-ass assault on the senses while still being soft is what pulls you in, and the puzzle of bombs is what will keep you in its blaze. Crais does a fant...
Been reading Crais in order and just love Elvis Cole and Joe Pike so I wasn't anxious to read a stand alone. Didn't think it would live up to my expections. Boy was I wrong.The last hundred pages or so, there were so many surprises for me...all unexpected, all supported by previous events. No loo...
Carol Starkey died in the bomb explosion, but she was resuscitated. A bomb technician for the LAPD she has been asked to head a team searching for Mr. Red, a very sophisticated and clever bomb maker who targets specific bomb experts hoping to one day make the FBI’s top Ten Most Wanted List. She’s ...
Another one of Crais's best. Quite bold and shocking at times. Focuses on a different character, Carole Starkey, who comes up again in later Elvis Cole novels. I like the way he develops her as a very memorable character, and then continues with this development in future novels where she is a less...
A female hero with real flaws and issues--she is great and you won't put the book down until the end.
A female hero with real flaws and issues--she is great and you won't put the book down until the end.
Read this few years ago and loved it. Both main characters are not perfect and the tension built until the very end. I loved the ending as well.