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| Original Title: | The Monkey's Raincoat |
| ISBN: | 0752816993 (ISBN13: 9780752816999) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Elvis Cole and Joe Pike #1 |
| Characters: | Elvis Cole, Joe Pike, Ellen Lang, Lou Poitras, Lt. Baishe |
| Setting: | Hollywood, California(United States) |
| Literary Awards: | Macavity Award for Best First Mystery Novel (1988), Anthony Award for Best Paperback Original (1988), Shamus Award Nominee for Best Original PI Paperback (1988), Edgar Award Nominee for Best Paperback Original (1988) |
Robert Crais
Paperback | Pages: 237 pages Rating: 3.98 | 22319 Users | 1141 Reviews
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| Title | : | The Monkey's Raincoat (Elvis Cole and Joe Pike #1) |
| Author | : | Robert Crais |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 237 pages |
| Published | : | 1999 by Orion (first published July 1st 1987) |
| Categories | : | Mystery. Fiction. Crime. Thriller. Mystery Thriller. Detective. Suspense |
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Taking the mystery community by storm, this Elvis Cole novel was nominated for the Edgar, Anthony, Shamus, and Macavity awards and won both the Anthony and Macavity for Best Novel of the Year. When Ellen Lang's husband disappears with their son, she hires Elvis Cole to track him down. A quiet and seemingly submissive wife, Ellen can't even write a check without him. All she wants is to get him and her son back—no questions asked. The search for Ellen's errant husband leads Elvis into the seamier side of Hollywood. He soon learns that Mort Lang is a down-on-his-luck talent agent who associates with a schlocky movie producer, and the last place he was spotted was at a party thrown by a famous and very well-connected ex-Matador. But no one has seen him since—including his B-movie girlfriend. At the same time the police find Mort in his parked car with four gunshots in his chest —and no kid in sight—Ellen disappears. Now nothing is what it seems, and the heat is on. It's up to Elvis Cole and his partner Joe Pike to find the connection between sleazy Hollywood players and an ex-Matador.Rating Of Books The Monkey's Raincoat (Elvis Cole and Joe Pike #1)
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Set in the Hollywood of the 1980s this feels a bit dated, but only because it was written then as the debut novel of screenwriter Robert Crais, who wrote scripts for Hill Street Blues and Miami Vice amongst others so it has that authentic 1980s feel about it. At first Crais' PI, Elvis Cole seems like a wise-cracking smart-arse but he grows on you as his smart, compassionate side comes out. Apart from quoting Jiminny Cricket and being a yoga and martial arts practitioner, Cole is a Vietnam vetRobert Crais published his first novel featuring his now-famous L.A. private detective, Elvis Cole, in 1987. "The Monkey's Raincoat" was an instant success, garnering nearly every single award for the mystery genre, including nominations for the Edgar and Shamus (which, in the mystery writer's world is akin to the Oscar and the Golden Globe). He deserved every single accolade. Cole is (like Robert Parker's Spenser, who is his most obvious literary blood-brother) a lovable, wise-cracking
I started with Elvis Cole #13, which was actually Joe Pike #1. As the second book of the series, I liked Joe Pike #1 best. Having said that, this was a walk in the past for me. I'd call it an entertaining story, more your basic Magnum P.I./Mike Hammer Gumshoe detective novel. Perhaps more along the lines of "Rockford Files" with a more active and ass-kicking, younger James Garner. What a walk down memory lane, where consensual sex with strangers was possible, people actually used pay phones
I hated the 80s. Hated them while I was living through them and twenty years later I still get slightly queasy when I think about that time. So when I was reading this book written in 1987, and the hero is bragging about wearing white jeans with a white jacket to cover up his shoulder holster, I leaned over and vomited with visions of Sonny Crockett dancing in my head. Fortunately, it got much better.Robert Crais is one of those mystery writers Ive been meaning to read for a while now. When I
That was a fun thriller with a couple of very memorable characters. I see Joe Pike has his own series & I'm intrigued. Luckily, I got the first 2 of his series with this book. Hopefully there won't be as many attempts at humor. They got rather flat after a while.The writing wasn't bad. Good action scenes, but I didn't appreciate all the road directions through L.A.. They didn't mean a thing to me. Maybe if I knew the area. As it was, they read like filler.All in all, it was fun.
My first introduction to Robert Crais' work was through the Joe Pike character. Having read several of the books and being "introed" to Elvis Cole, I (true to my usual form) went back and got the first volume.Pretty good book. Related in first person rather than third as the Pike books were/are we get Cole's voice telling the story. Pike in the first book I read told one of their client's that "Elvis thinks he's funny"...it's true, he does. Cracking jokes along the way Elvis chronicles the story
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