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Summary: Wow!! I've Found a New Author
Review: This is my first time reading this author and now I must go back and read his others. This is a really good police procedural. My heart was really racing through some of the chapters. It was just that good. The story pulls you in and doesn't let go. It was really hard to put down. The ending couldn't have been better. All the characters were great, especially Starky and Pell. Hopefully we will be reading more on these two. I highly recommend you read this book. Mr Crais has himself a new fan.
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Summary: Continually Impressive
Review: Crais is a great author, knows how to captivate a reader. Probably the number one downfall of Rober Crais is the fact that it is virtually impossible to put his novels down. Just as LA Requiem, Demolition Angel lasted me a whole 6 hours. Generally, I do not read crime-drama, but this author is an exception. I strongly suggest his work.
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Summary: Woe was me...
Review: upon completing this book. Unidimensional characters abound in this highly disappointing novel. Had I not read Crais' work before - and enjoyed it greatly - I would have dropped this book mid-read and written it off as an amateurish attempt at a thriller. However, I did complete it and my advice is to save your $.
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Summary: Smoking
Review: This is really a great book. For fans of Elvis Cole, you have to stay with it in the early going. Crais has created a wholly different character -- none of the snappy, wise-cracking, easy likeability that Elvis has, but a deeper, poignant picture of a woman who has "always been a tough girl" struggling to keep it together after some horrible trauma. Carol Starkey, a detective, was with the bomb squad until she and her lover were killed when a bomb exploded in their faces. The paramedics re-start Carol's heart after 2 1/2 minutes or so, but she carries vicious physical and emotional scars three years later. When a bomb kills another member of the squad, Carol gets the lead on the investigation, and it takes her through a series of twists and turns that will keep you turning pages as fast as you can read. This one shows that Crais has a lot of range. Read the Elvis Cole books too. They'are all great. (L.A. Requiem is the best of the lot, but you'll enjoy it more if you read the earlier books in the series first -- you need to know Cole's sidekick, Pike, well to appreciate the book properly.)
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Summary: An interesting departure for Robert Crais
Review: In a real change from the tone of his very successful series featuring detective Elvis Cole, Robert Crais's Demolition Angel gives us a female leading character enmeshed in self-destructive behavior and simply radiating hostility. This is understandable, given that she was "killed" by a bomb explosion that took the life of her lover, and revived by paramedics only to suffer a life of lonliness, disfigurement, and fear. The story that Crais imagines for her is one that few readers of crime fiction could resist, full of plot twists, twisted characters, violence, lots of authentic bomb squad insight, and a love affair as dark and painful as the heroine's worst fears. While some of the major plot elements are predictable, there are enough surprises and satisfying turns to keep the reader hooked all the way.
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Summary: Move Over Clarice Starling!
Review: As I read Robert Crais' latest, "Demolition Angel", I couldn't help but wonder if Jodie Foster would consider playing the novel's heroine, Carol Starkey. Crais, author of the Elvis Cole series, takes the reader on a tour of the life of a former member of the L.A. Bomb Squad. You can feel Starkey's pain and apprehension as she investigates the death of a member of the bomb squad and tackles the most most sadistic and demented criminal mind since Hannibal Lecter. The novel has numerous twists that come together in an exciting climax that will leave the reader asking for the film. Let's hope that Crais will continue to work his magic on both Elvis Cole and Carol Starkey.
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Summary: Read This Book. You won't be disappointed!
Review: This is the first book that I read by Robert Crais, and it will not be the last. This was an excellent book. Quick paced, suspenseful and exciting. The characters were well developed and interesting. I would definitely recommend this book. You'll finish it in one sitting.
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Summary: A marked departure
Review: As a great fan of the Elvis Cole series, I wasn't sure how I would like the author's veering off in another direction. It is indeed a dark departure but, all in all, I liked it, albeit not as much as The King.Carol Starkey is a detective with the LAPD, formerly on the bomb squad until an explosion that killed her lover and almost killed her. She drinks too much, smokes too much, is pumped full of attitude, and doesn't eat much but Tagamet, but she is very good at what she does. When a bomb goes off killing the technician trying to disarm it, Carol's investigation determines that it may have been deliberate murder. Worse, the bomber might have been another cop, or it could have been the infamous assasin-for-hire "Mr. Red", or it could be a deranged copycat. What Carol does not know, because a rogue ATF agent pocketed the evidence for reasons of his own, is that she has become a target of the bomber. The pace and the tone are very exciting as Carol races against time and against the odds to stop a killer. I definitely want to see Elvis live long and solve more cases, but I think Carol Starkey may have some more tricks up her sleeve, too.
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Summary: Expanding his reach
Review: While not up to the level of his last Elvis Cole- Joe Pike adventure, this new creation allows Crais to go where he has not gone before. The best reads seem to be those that teach the reader something new. Crais educates us about bomb makers, their sources and fetishes. A new female lead shows that Crais is not stuck with one character. His focus in the last two books hints that perhaps he is bored with Elvis, but he is never boring.
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Summary: the BEST BOOK i have read
Review: This is the first book i have read by Robert Crais and it is my all time favorite book i have read so far. Carol Starky was well described in the book. It made you feel like you and her were friends for a long time. The suspense in the book was outstanding and once i started reading the book I couln't put it down. this book is a must get!
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