This was just an OK entry in this series. Pike was underused. A lot of strings and not un-knotted satisfactorily. Still, gotta like the characters. ( )

Easy to read Elvis Cole Private Detective book.
Up in the LA hills, A reclusive old man called Lionel Byrd is found dead in his house with an album of 7 dead young women.
Cole is not convinced he is the killer and works against the Police to figure out what is going on.
Police are doing their own undercover work they think its a high up Councilman.
A young lady is acting a bit suspicious it turns out a lawyer called Alan Levy who was originally involved a few years ago tricked the young lady into befriending Byrd and told her he killed her sister when it was Levy all along. There is a shoot out at the end Levy and the girl Ivy/Jonna die.

OK book. ( )

Another great one by Crais, reviewed too late after the fact by me. ( )

This was a fast and fun read, although not as much humor as many of the previous books.

In this story, a man that Elvis helped get off by proving he could not have committed the crime is later believed to be guilty, but Elvis doesn't believe it. There are a few things that make it unlikely, but the case seems to be signed, sealed and delivered. Even the lawyer that Elvis worked for at the time now believes the man did it. The police don't want Elvis to investigate at all, but he lives by his own rules. Besides, everyone thinks he got a killer off who killed again, and are not too happy about it, so he needs to clear his name. Several twists later, he figures it all out. ( )

Robert Crais just continues to prove to me why he's one of my favorites. Always consistent, always compelling, always solid plots and characters ... just so good! The only thing that could have made this one better would be more Pike! Always need Pike in my life. ( )