Read by David Stuart1997
Unabridge CD/Brilliance Audio
7 CD's - 7 hours
Rating: 4.5
I should probably rate this a 5, but there was just a little too much shoot-em-up action for me at the end. I just love these characters, though. Elvis Cole, private detective, who has a Pinnochio clock and Disney figurines in his office, lives in an A-Fram, and drives a yellow 1966 Corvette. Joe Pike, his powerful, smart, and deadly "sidekick". Lucy Chenier, his lady-love, a lawyer from Louisiana who is trying to obtain a job in LA. And this case's protagonists, three children looking for their father. It turns out their father is a counterfeiter fleeing the Russian mob. He's also avoiding the US Marshalls, who, in trying to protect them three years before, botched it. He no longer trusts them.
So we have these three interesting kids: Terry, 15, the mother hen, who has her GED and drives, Charles, 12, a foul-mouthed kid who uses his mouth to cover up all his uncertainties, and 9 year-old Winona, innocent and happy. At the end it looks like Elvis may be left as guardian to the kids, so it'll be interesting to see if Crais mentions them in future books.
Lots of twists and turns - i'm getting so I can predict them pretty well ! -- a zillion ways for the good guys to die but they never do -- a lot of humanity and just a little tender down-home lovin' make a really good read.
I read an article where Robert Crais and Elvis Cole are compared to Robert B. Parker and Spenser. They love their cities, (LA and Boston) you can follow them around in your mind because they give a lot of good directions and locales, they both have tough sidekicks (Joe Pike and Hawk) and significant lady loves (Lucy Chenier and Susan Silverman). They each even have a pet they talk about all the time (a cat in LA, a dog in Boston). They are both even good cooks, though, thank goodness, Elvis isn't quite as philosophical as Spenser. I guess it's time for the latest Spenser, huh?
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