New Releases by Robert Crais

The body of a young woman is discovered in the hills above LA. Just another murder, or a death that will rip apart a family and destroy the friendship between private investigator Elvis Cole and former police office Joe Pike.

Larkin Conner Barkley, figlia di un facoltoso magnate di Los Angeles, è una ragazza giovane, bella e viziata, che considera la Cità degli Angeli il suo personale parco di divertimenti. La sua vita cambia radicalmente quando assiste a un brutto incidente stradale e diventa una scomoda testimone, costretta a vivere sotto protezione, nancosta in un luogo sicuro sotto l''occhio vigile di Joe Pike. Ma nemmeno per un ex marine ed ex poliziotto come Joe è facile fare i conti com il carattere di Larkin. Proprio mentre riesce com dificoltà a stabilire un rapporto con la ricca ereditiera, la vicenda della testimonianza comincia a rivelare risvolti inattesi e misteriosi. Alle prese con narcotrafficanti e riciclatori di denaro per conto del terrorismo, Joe, grazie anche all''aiuto del compagno di sempre, Elvis Cole, e del tecnico della Scientifica John Chen, riuscirà a rovesciare i ruoli con i suoi assalitori, trasformandosi da preda in cacciatore.

" C''est le moment de payer pour ce que tu as fait ! " La sentence, assénée par un mystérieux interlocuteur au détective Elvis Cole, agit comme une grenade dégoupillée : quelques minutes plus tôt, Ben, le fils de sa fiancée, a été enlevé sous ses yeux. Très vite, pour la police, l''incompréhension laisse place à la suspicion. Aucune trace visible, aucun motif apparent. Quel crime a donc commis Cole pour que les siens se trouvent ainsi menacés ? Epaulé par un duo de choc - le fidèle et impénétrable Joe Pike accompagné de Carol Starkey, inspecteur aux méthodes pour le moins explosives -, Elvis ne dispose plus que de 54 heures 12 minutes pour prouver son innocence et retrouver le petit Ben, enseveli vivant...

From the author of The Last Detective and Hostage, comes a thriller featuring a father searching for vengeance in the City of Angels. But for an ex-con fresh on parole, finding answers in the corruption of the LAPD means asking for help from the person least expecting it: the FBI officer who put him away… Every seasoned criminal knows the two minute rule: the two minutes before the cops show up at the scene of a robbery. Keeping the rule means changing your life, breaking it means a lifetime in jail. But not everyone plays by the rules… When a decisive four minutes put Max Holman in prison, he spent the next decade planning one thing: reconciliation with his estranged son. Determined to put the past behind him, Max sets out on the morning of his parole only to discover his son, a cop, was gunned down in cold blood hours earlier. When the hit is exposed as a revenge killing, Max is determined to track down the murderer—at any cost. From the author that sets the standard of gripping, edgy suspense, The Two Minute Rule delivers all the surprising plot twists and powerful characters that make Robert Crais one of the top crime writers today.

El día empieza como cualquier otro en Los Ángeles: el sol quema y los vientos de Santa Ana soplan. Pero para el investigador privado Joe Pike, la ciudad nunca será igual. Cuando una antigua amante de Pike aparece asesinada en las colinas de Hollywood, Joe y Elvis inician, a instancias del padre de la fallecida, una investigación paralela a la de la policía. Sus acciones levantarán las suspicacias de unos antiguos compañeros de Pike y acabarán por enturbiar el asunto hasta límites insospechados.

When the son of his long-time girlfriend, Lucy, goes missing, Elvis Cole finds himself encumbered by his personal demons, the dark secrets of his childhood, and long-supressed memories of his service in Vietnam.

''Shooting for the big time with all guns blazing'' GUARDIAN Containing FREE FALL, VOODOO RIVER and SUNSET EXPRESS, this omnibus continues the adventures of one of the sharpest PI''s on the scene; Disney-obsessed Vietnam vet Elvis Cole. And the most frightening sidekick since Spenser''s Hawk; the taciturn and lethal Joe Pike. Award-winning and critically-acclaimed Robert Crais built a rock-solid following with this series of sparkling crime novels.

Hired to uncover the past of Jodi Taylor, an actress in a hit TV show, Elvis leaves his native Los Angeles to head for Louisiana in search of Jodi''s biological parents. But before he can tackle the mystery of the actress''s background, he is up against a whole host of eccentrics, including a crazed Raid-spraying housewife, a Cajun thug who looks like he''s been made out of spare parts, and a menacing hundred-year-old river turtle named Luther. As Elvis learns about the enigmatic actress''s origins, he also discovers the real reason he''s been sent to Louisiana . . .

Three years ago, a seattle family ran for their lives in a hail of bullets. Elvis now must pick up the cold pieces of a drama that began that night.

First published 1987. Elvis Cole mystery. Elvis is on the case when a client''s estranged husband kidnaps their son.