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Robert Crais
Robert Crais is the American crime writer behind the Elvis Cole and Joe Pike Los Angeles PI series, plus standalones like Demolition Angel and Hostage. He is the closest contemporary heir to the Ross Macdonald / Sue Grafton L. A. detective tradition.
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Years active
2000-2015
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Robert Crais bringing Maggie the K-9 dog back into the Cole and Pike series. The crossover I did not know I needed.
Robert Crais's 2000 standalone. A LAPD bomb squad detective with a damaged past and a serial bomber. One of the best police procedurals of its decade.
Robert Crais's standalone with K-9 dog Maggie and ex-Marine handler Scott James. The book that broke me and most other Crais readers I know.
The 11th Elvis Cole. Robert Crais writing a cold-case sequel to one of his previous victories. A genuinely difficult moral problem.
A Robert Crais standalone outside the Cole/Pike series. An ex-bank-robber father searching for his estranged son's killer. Crais doing classic noir without his regulars.
Robert Crais's 2001 standalone. A small-town California police chief, three teenagers in a wrong house, and a hostage situation that escalates into something else.
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