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Summary: Crais' Best Book yet
Review: I finished "L.A. Requiem" less than an hour ago. It's a stunning piece of work...the best of the series. Elvis and Joe continue to intrigue. And the cat...one of my favorite characters. Thanks for another terrific book, Robert Crais. L.A. too often feels like a killing field to me. I appreciate the feeling of hope at the end.
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Summary: This is so much more - the BEST!
Review: If you've been waiting two years for the latest Elvis Cole adventure, as I have, you won't be disappointed. Tried to make it last the weekend, but I couldn't. A storm knocked out the electricity - I read half of it by candlelight. If you haven't discovered Elvis Cole yet, you're in for a treat. These books are hilarious and colorful, and so exciting that you can't stop until you're finished. In L.A. Requiem, he gives us so much more. Elvis has come out of his head to find the world a harsh and unforgiving place. Mutiple points of view and plot twists - you won't find the usual wisecracks - but a great story, full of real people, living with their choices, fears and oh yes, hope. This is the BEST! Robert Crais is one of the best mystery writers today.
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Summary: Crais refuses to become stale
Review: Reading a new book from a successful series is like comfort food. You know what you are going to get and that knowledge brings its own sort of pleasure. Robert Crais stretches his creative muscles and gives his readers an unfamiliar book set in the familiar world of Elvis Cole. I was worried what Crais would do with Elvis and his romance with Lucy. I was worried he'd have her get shot or killed. Too many writers don't want to limit themselves by showing a happy couple. Robert Crais instead takes us along a realistic path of the next stage in Elvis and Lucy's romance. This is a great book and I'm only sorry that the next Elvis Cole book isn't already on the way to my house.
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Summary: The best Crais has written so far.
Review: This is the best Elvis Cole so far and I have read them all. This book, which delves deeply into the history of Joe Pike, may be the one which takes Mr. Crais into the realm of best seller. I hope so. He has belonged there for a long time. L.A. Requiem is about Elvis, Joe, Lucy and has much to say about living with the choices one makes. If you are not familiar with the Elvis Cole series, buy this one, read it, and then go back and read all the rest. You will be glad you did.
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Summary: Joe Pike Lives!!
Review: Wow, what a story line, I read it all the way through. Robert Crais finally delves into the Joe Pike character in depth, so the reader can understand what makes Joe tick. The best in the series so far.
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Summary: The best detective novel of the decade
Review: Often authors of series seem to write by rote after they become successful. Crais has broken the mold and created a three-dimensional characters in Elvis and Joe. He even successfully accomplished the use of different character view points to tell his story. Emotional, thrilling, and as usual for Crais, witty, this book is the best series detective novel of the 90's.
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Summary: this book was a bit different than the other ones, but still
Review: i loved the new Crais! i was fooled in a few places and there wasn't the usual humor, but this is a well-written page turner. i hope the next adventure for elvis/joe comes along soon because i can't wait!
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Summary: The best yet!
Review: Having waited forever for the newest book in the series, I'm happy to say that it was well worth the wait. This the best yet in the Elvis series. We've been in suspense about Pike for so long, its good to finally know his story. I recommend this one highly.
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Summary: A step above and beyond...
Review: Series books always run the risk of getting into a rut. Crais has always managed to avoid this problem by always writing on the edge, yet giving his readers a sense of familiarity with his characters. We have expectations that are always met; Pinocchio, the anti-social cat, the A frame house, the characteristic insights and quips that -are- Elvis Cole, and the appearance of the ever-enigmatic Joe Pike. Yet Crais gives us something new with this book--a new perspective on characters that we've grown to love and respect. In lesser hands, it would smack of an author trying to pump new life into series characters, in hopes of keeping them alive for himself as well as his readers. But with Crais, you have a sense that he's known these facts about his characters all along--especially with regards to Joe. And it's with this sense of knowledge that Crais manages to knock us (and Elvis) for a loop, embroiling us in a case that is deeper, darker and more emotional than we've ever seen before. Crais even offers us a change in his usual writing style by using a parallel-story structure, a departure from his strict first person manner. The result? An impossible-to-put-down, highly-engrossing novel that royally entertains while it squeezes your heart. Maybe you thought you knew Elvis, but trust me; there's a lot more to learn. The best Elvis Cole novel to date.
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Summary: To Great for Words
Review: I have read all of the books in this great series, but this one is a groundbreaking as the first. Such style and texture...this work needs to win the Edgar or some other award. Thanks for a great read Mr. Crais and I await the next Elvis/Pike story.
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