Stalking the Angel by Robert Crais - ISBN: 9780553286441
Paperback
Introduced in The Monkey’s Raincoat, L.A. private eye Elvis Cole has a smart mouth, a flair for martial arts, a passion for truth, and a borderline sociopath for a partner. When a ruthless hotel magnate hires Cole to find a priceless Japanese manuscript, Cole heads into a nest of notorious Yakuza in…
  • Paperback

    288 pages

  • Release Date

    31 March 1999

Summary

Meet Elvis Cole, L.A. private eye … he quotes Jiminy Cricket and carries a .38. He’s a literate, wisecreacking Vietnam vet who is determined never to grow up.The blonde who walked into Cole’s office was the bestlooking woman he’d seen in weeks. The only thing that kept her from rating a perfect “10” was the briefcase on one arm and the uptight hotel magnate on the other. Bradley Warren had lost something very valuable-something that belonged to someone else- a rare thirteenth-century Japanese…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780553286441
ISBN-10:0553286447
Author:Robert Crais
Publisher:Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc
Imprint:Bantam USA
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:288
Release Date:31 March 1999
Weight:153g
Dimensions:170mm x 104mm x 20mm
Series:An Elvis Cole and Joe Pike Novel
What They're Saying

Critics Review

“Stalking the Angel is a righteous California book: intelligent, perceptive, hard, clean.” –James Ellroy

“Stalking the Angel is a righteous California book: intelligent, perceptive, hard, clean.”—James Ellroy

“Out on the West Coast, where private eyes thrive like avocado trees, Robert Crais has created an interesting and amusing hero in Elvis Cole … definitely new.”The Wall Street Journal

“Robert Crais is one of the rising young stars of the private eye genre … Devottees of the rock ‘em, sock ‘em school should find [Stalking the Angel] tasty.”The San Diego Union

About The Author

Robert Crais

Robert Crais is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of more than twenty novels, many of them featuring private investigator Elvis Cole and his laconic ex-cop partner, Joe Pike. Before writing his first novel, Crais spent several years writing scripts for such major television series as Hill Street Blues, Cagney & Lacey, Miami Vice, Quincy, Baretta, and L.A. Law. He received an Emmy nomination for his work on Hill Street Blues, and one of his standalone novels, Hostage, was made into a movie starring Bruce Willis. His novels have been translated into forty-two languages and are bestsellers around the world. A native of Louisiana, he lives in Los Angeles.

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