by Robert Crais, William Roberts
The second Elvis Cole detective novel kept me wanting more, I'm glad Amazon recommended Elvis to me.
I don't know how I could have missed one of the Elvis Cole novels, but this doesn't sound at all familiar to me, so it goes on my to-read shelf.
Bundled with Lullaby Town and Monkey's Raincoat It becomes repetitive after a while and while it's not a bad read but a bit predictable.
Noir, crime-detective story that struggles to rise above the glib dialogue. I finished the whole book, hoping, perhaps, that things will get more interesting. The LA backdrop lulled me into thinking this would be like a Mickey Haller tale, but alas, just didn't pan out. I may look again at anothe...
A good book shouldn't take any effort to read. The second Elvis Cole adventure is definitely an effortless read. The wit and plot flow seamlessly and make it easy to forget lunch.The only thing I really have to say about this book is that I'm looking forward to reading the next instalment in the ser...
An ancient copy of the Hagakure, a Japanese text, goes missing from a rich man's safe and it's up to Elvis Cole to track it down. The man's daughter Mimi goes missing with a warning to call off the search. All signs point to the yakuza. Can Cole and Pike bring back Mimi and find the Hagakure?The ...
Synopsis: Bradley Warren had lost something very valuable, something that belonged to someone else: a rare thirteenth century Japanese manuscript called the Hagakure. Everything PI Elvis Cole knew about Japanese culture he'd learned from reading Shogun, but he knew a lot of crooks and what he didn't...
I finally finished it -- it took me so long to finish because I have lose my reading mood. All of it. I do think it is another good installment of Elvis Cole's series. Definitely will check out with number 3 (Lullaby Town)
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