Chasing Darkness: An Elvis Cole Novel (Elvis Cole)
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Elvis Cole is Back--In a Desperate Fight to Clear his Name...
It's fire season, and the hills of Los Angeles are burning. When police and fire department personnel rush door to door in a frenzied evacuation effort, they discover the week-old corpse of an apparent suicide. But the gunshot victim is less gruesome than what they find in his lap: a photo album of seven brutally murdered young women -- one per year, for seven years. And when the suicide victim is identified as a former suspect in one of the murders, the news turns Elvis Cole's world upside down.
Three years earlier Lionel Byrd was brought to trial for the murder of a female prostitute named Yvonne Bennett. A taped confession coerced by the police inspired a prominent defense attorney to take Byrd's case, and Elvis Cole was hired to investigate. It was Cole's eleventh-hour discovery of an exculpatory videotape that allowed Lionel Byrd to walk free. Elvis was hailed as a hero.
But the discovery of the death album in Byrd's lap now brands Elvis as an unwitting accomplice to murder. Captured in photographs that could only have been taken by the murderer, Yvonne Bennett was the fifth of the seven victims -- two more young women were murdered after Lionel Byrd walked free. So Elvis can't help but wonder -- did he, Elvis Cole, cost two more young women their lives?
Shut out of the investigation by a special LAPD task force determined to close the case, Elvis Cole and Joe Pike desperately fight to uncover the truth about Lionel Byrd and his nightmare album of death -- a truth hidden by lies, politics, and corruption in a world where nothing is what it seems to be.
Chasing Darkness is a blistering thriller from the bestselling author who sets the standard for intense, powerful crime writing.
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- An Engaging, Fast-paced ReadI found the latest novel, Chasing Darkness, from the Elvis Cole series to be engaging and entertaining and it totally kept my interest throughout the reading. I realize that the novel lacked the in-depth character development of L.A. Requiem, The Forgotten Man, or The Watchman, but having read those, I feel as if Elvis and Joe Pike are old friends and I do not need to have a rehashing of their personal histories everytime I pick up a book. That said, there are still new insights revealed about Joe ... Read More
- Reviewing: "Chasing Darkness: An Elvis Cole Novel"It was the fire in Laurel Canyon and forced evacuations that led to discovery of the dead man in a house. One Mr. Jones who had a bad foot was found dead apparently from a self inflicted gunshot. Clearly, he had been dead for awhile and maybe the photo album at his feet was the cause. A photo album filled with pictures of seven women at the moment of their deaths at hands of a maniac.
The reclusive Mr. Jones to all his neighbors was actually Lionel Bryd. He had been brought to trial three ... Read More
- DO NOT BUY IF YOU CANNOT PLAY MP-3's !!!!!Ordered as I have with 20 other books from amazon and this is a single mp-3 cd that does not play in my travelling vehicle !!!
Too bad they didn't qualify that when I ordered it and now I have to pay shipping to return.
- Losing My PatienceI have read all of the Elvis Cole novels, so I know what I'm talking about when I say Mr. Crais has been on a downslide as of late.For me, his high point was L.A. Requiem (Elvis Cole Novels), but since that, all of his Elvis Cole novels and his one outing with Joe Pike The Watchman: A Joe Pike Novel (Joe Pike Novels) have been exercises in self-indulgence, much like the TV series Moonlighting - Seasons 1 & 2 once Dave and Maddie hooked up.These novels of which I speak have become more and more about ... Read More
- Great book, great series overallI had never read any books by Robert Crais prior to 2 months ago when I picked up Chasing Darkness. I had seen the name Elvis Cole here and there and thought any book with a PI named Elvis was probably going to be a joke, literally and figuratively. I am glad I overcame my own foolish preconceptions and give the series a shot.
I am not one to review a book by writing cover-flap copy and then applying stars, because I don't find those helpful. Nonetheless, this is a great book and it hooked me ... Read More
