Description du livre Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. Stunning . . . Shrewdly written and sharply plotted . . . The Last Detective is a rare treat.The Washington Post Book World Fast-moving . . . a page-turning thriller.Chicago Tribune P.I. Elvis Coles relationship with attorney Lucy Chenier is strained, but it becomes even more tense when the unthinkable happens: While Lucy is away on business and her ten-year-old son, Ben, is staying with Elvis, the boy vanishes without a trace. When the kidnappers call, its not for ransom, but for a promise to punish Cole for past sins he claims he didnt commit. With LAPD wrestling over the case and the boys estranged father attempting to take control of the investigation, Cole vows to find Ben first. But Coles partner, Joe Pike, knows more about this case than he has said. Pike lives in a world where dangerous men commit crimes beyond all reckoning. Now, one of those men is alive and well in L.A.and calling Elvis Cole to war. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. N� de r�f. du vendeur 9780593157176

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The Last Detective: An Elvis Cole and Joe Pike Novel

Crais, Robert

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Description du livre mass_market. Etat : new. Product DescriptionStunning Shrewdly written and sharply plotted The Last Detective is a rare treatThe Washington Post Book WorldFastmoving a pageturning thrillerChicago TribunePI Elvis Coles relationship with attorney Lucy Chenier is strained but it becomes even more tense when the unthinkable happens While Lucy is away on business and her tenyearold son Ben is staying with Elvis the boy vanishes without a trace When the kidnappers call its not for ransom but for a promise to punish Cole for past sins he claims he didnt commit With LAPD wrestling over the case and the boys estranged father attempting to take control of the investigation Cole vows to find Ben first But Coles partner Joe Pike knows more about this case than he has said Pike lives in a world where dangerous men commit crimes beyond all reckoning Now one of those men is alive and well in LAand calling Elvis Cole to warReviewRobert Crais takes readers on a wild ride But like all talented writers Crais has other themes floating beneath the choppy surface waters He is one of the genres most versitle craftsmenThe Denver PostCrais reaffirms his place in the front row of the privateeye purveyors He skillfully evokes past masters of the genre without imitating themThe San Diego UnionTribuneAbout the AuthorROBERT CRAIS is the bestselling author of Hostage Demolition Angel and LA Requiem as well as seven previous novels featuring Elvis Cole For additional information about the author and his novels visit wwwrobertcraiscomExcerpt Reprinted by permission All rights reserved1A silence filled the canyon below my house that fall no hawks floated overhead the coyotes did not sing the owl that lived in the tall pine outside my door no longer asked my name A smarter person would have taken these things as a warning but the air was chill and clear in that magnified way it can be in the winter letting me see beyond the houses sprinkled on the hillsides below and out into the great basin city of Los Angeles On days like those when you can see so far you often forget to look at what is right in front of you what is next to you what is so close that it is part of you I should have seen the silence as a warning but I did notHow many people has she killedGrunts curses and the snap of punches came from the next roomBen Chenier shouted WhatHow many people has she killedWe were twenty feet apart me in the kitchen and Ben in the living room shouting at the tops of our lungs Ben Chenier also known as my girlfriends tenyearold son and me also known as Elvis Cole the Worlds Greatest Detective and Bens caretaker while his mother Lucy Chenier was away on business This was our fifth and final day togetherI went to the doorIs there a volume control on that thingBen was so involved with something called a Game Freak that he did not look up You held the Game Freak like a pistol with one hand and worked the controls with the other while the action unfolded on a builtin computer screen The salesman told me that it was a hot seller with boys ages ten to fourteen He hadnt told me that it was louder than a shootout at rush hourBen had been playing the game since I had given it to him the day before but I knew he wasnt enjoying himself and that bothered me He had hiked with me in the hills and let me teach him some of the things I knew about martial arts and had come with me to my office because he thought private investigators did more than phone deadbeat clients and clean pigeon crap off balcony rails I had brought him to school in the mornings and home in the afternoons and between those times we had cooked Thai food watched Bruce Willis movies and laughed a lot together But now he used the game to hide from me with an absolute lack of joy I knew why and seeing him like that left me feeling badly. N� de r�f. du vendeur DADAX0593157176

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