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Chasing Darkness: An Elvis Cole Novel (Elvis Cole Novels) (Elvis Cole) | 
 enlarge | Author: Robert Crais
Creator: James Daniels
Publisher: Brilliance Audio on CD
Category: Book
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Rating:  71 reviews
Sales Rank: 962191
Format: Abridged, Audiobook, Cd
Media: Audio CD
Edition: Abridged
Number Of Items: 5
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.2 x 1.3
ISBN: 142334443X
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9781423344438
ASIN: 142334443X
Publication Date: July 1, 2008
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Product Description
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,in his lap a photo album of seven brutally murdered young women. 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. 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?
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.
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 DO NOT BUY IF YOU CANNOT PLAY MP-3's !!!!! November 8, 2008
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 Patience November 1, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I 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 the main character and less about the case at hand, and I for one am losing my patience. The only good I can say is that I am glad I checked this out from a library rather than plunking down money to read this.
 Great book, great series overall October 24, 2008
I 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 well enough that I have so far now read 12 Robert Crais novels in the last 2 months. I am reading them in no particular order, and I love them all just fine. Surprisingly, even the older books from the early 1990's are compelling and entertaining. this is probably because the author put in many years honing his chops writing for some of the best crime TV series of all time back in the 70's and the 80's and on.
Elvis Cole is not a caricature, but is in fact very likable, very tough and very real, in the sense that he reminds me of a few people I know, and not just a fictional creation. I attribute this to the excellent writing, or more correctly the excellent storytelling, powers of the author. The sense of place is vivid, the action is always well paced, with humor, humanity counterbalanced with tension and violence (they are crime novels after all). You experience the best and worst of human behavior in these books, and they are tactile and riveting.
Elvis' partner, Joe Pike, is one of the most ingenious characters in fiction, and while there is only one book so far where he is given center stage (The Watchman), I really hope there are more. However, his role as secondary to Elvis Cole is a good pairing because Joe is so unbelievably intense, it is his relationship with Elvis that allows them both to shine brightly. Pike is hard to describe, because you really have to experience him in a story to really appreciate his other-worldliness. In life, he would be frightening to encounter, but he has unexpected layers that change your view of him over time.
All and all, I give Robert Crais entire body of work the highest marks. I mean the novels I have read, of course; his complete work is much more extensive. As soon as I put one down, I am reaching for another. I am disappointed that I only have 3 more left to read. These books are the my best find this year. Very highly recommended.
 Not A Great Story October 13, 2008
Chasing Darkness is not the best of the Elvis Cole novels. First the plot is not that interesting. Second,the surpise ending doesn't seem right.
Third, Joe Pike doesn't have a large part in the story. Still this Robert Crais novel is far better than many of his peers in the same genre.
Another great book October 2, 2008
This is another great book in the sreies. you dont need to start with the first book. Worth your money
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