Free Fall

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Summary: "HOUND DOG COMES THROUGH AGAIN"
Review: This is the fourth book in the series, I am trying to read them in order. Elvis is his usual wise cracking self, which someimes gets him into trouble. He and Pike again join forces to fight evil but this time evil is policemen. They are an elite five that have made a boo boo. Elvis and Pike find out why and how and then go to work. In the mean time all in LAPD is looking for them. Action is fast and often. Crais does a good job of pulling it all together. I really liked the character of Ray Depente, he was great. Maybe could be used again somewhere. Don't remember reading what happened to the fifth policeman???? If you like a fast read, lots of action and Pike to admire, you will like this. Pike did mess up one time though, don't remember him doing that before. Wonder who is best, Pike or Hawk???

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Summary: I Fell For This Book!
Review: This was one of my favorite Elvis Cole books. Not a dull minute; several hairy turns. There did not seem to be a solution but Elvis found one with Joe Pike's help. And that Ray Depente was one cool character! Lou Poitras again was there to help both Elvis and Joe.Good cops, bad cops - this book has it all. Exciting read!

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Summary: Great Read
Review: This was the first Robert Crais work I've read. I picked it by chance without knowing anything about the series or the author. As a detective novel reader, this was one of the best I have ever read. Character and scene development is similar to Joseph Wambaugh but with a good injection of humor. Short chapters and fast moving story with twists make for a "can't put it down, page turner." I'm looking forward to reading the rest of the series.

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Summary: Free Fall
Review: What if the bad guys had gotten hold of the Rodney King beating tape? That's the question at the end of the trail that starts when Jennifer Sheridan, worried that her cop fiancé Mark Thurman, of L.A.'s elite REACT crime-prevention squad, is hiding something from her, goes to laid-back p.i. Elvis Cole (Lullaby Town, 1992, etc.)--and in no time at all Cole has linked the five-man REACT team's fatal beating of drug suspect Charles Lewis Washington to Akeem D'Muere's Eight-Deuce Gang's determined attempt to stomp competing drug retailers. By the time the dust has cleared over the drug deal that Cole, his wired partner Joe Pike, and Washington's brother James Edward have tried to film, three men are dead, Cole and Pike are under arrest for murder, and Crais's rousing social-conscience fluff is just hitting its stride. After trading a little too obviously on his undeniable charm in the opening scenes, Cole delivers the goods in the kind of bravura performance only a pro can give.

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Summary: Elvis is the King!
Review: Yet agian, Robert Crais puts forth an excellent novel starring the illustrious Elvis Cole and his dark partner Joe Pike. Elvis is asked to investigate an L.A. Police Officer, Mark Thurman, a member of a special division that investigates gang activity. What Elvis finds involves a Rodney King type incident and the cover-up that follows. As Elvis peels away the layers of the story, things are more complicated than they seem. Very readable and very quick story.

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Summary: Elvis is the King!
Review: Yet agian, Robert Crais puts forth an excellent novel starring the illustrious Elvis Cole and his dark partner Joe Pike. Elvis is asked to investigate an L.A. Police Officer, Mark Thurman, a member of a special division that investigates gang activity. What Elvis finds involves a Rodney King type incident and the cover-up that follows. As Elvis peels away the layers of the story, things are more complicated than they seem. Very readable and very quick story.

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Summary: You Must Listen To What I Heard!
Review: You poor nonbelievers. For those of you thinking this isn't one of his best then listen my friends to the audiobook. Didn't want to stop driving, drove around the block 5 times to finish a chapter, sat in the garage listening. Open your ears and close your eyes to the soundbites of Elvis.