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The Monkey's Raincoat
A Mystery Novel by Robert Crais
Book 1 of the Elvis Cole and Joe Pike Series
Subgenres:
- Private Investigator,
- Los Angeles,
- Hard-Boiled
This book is for you if you're into...
- Private eyes with a wisecracking, pop-culture-loving edge
- Hollywood noir where every ally might be an enemy
Meet Elvis Cole, L.A. Private Eye. . . . He quotes Jiminy Cricket and carries a .38. He's a literate, wisecracking Vietnam vet who is determined to never grow up..
When quiet Ellen Lang enters Elvis Cole's Disney-Deco office, she's lost something very valuable—her husband and her young son. The case seems simple enough, but Elvis isn't thrilled. Neither is his enigmatic partner and firepower, Joe Pike.
Their search down the seamy side of Hollywood's studio lots and sculptured lawns soon leads them deep into a nasty netherworld of drugs, sex—and murder. Now the case is getting interesting, but it's also turned ugly. Because everybody, from cops to starlets to crooks, has declared war on Ellen and Elvis.
For Ellen, it isn't Funtown anymore. For Elvis, it's just a living . . . He hopes.
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