The Monkey's Raincoat (Elvis Cole, #1) (Elvis Cole and Joe Pike, #1) (Elvis Cole/Joe Pike, #1)

by Robert Crais

When Los Angeles private detective Elvis Cole investigates the disappearance of Ellen Lang's husband and young son, he stumbles into a bizarre nightmare of high-level intrigue, missing drugs, and murder in Hollywood's seamy underworld.

• ISBN10: 0385470088
• ISBN13: 9780385470087
• Publish Date: 1 May 1993 (first published 1 July 1987)
• Publish Status: Remaindered
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Doubleday Books
• Format: Hardcover
• Pages: 245
• Language: English

Reviews

[ibeforem]

I started this series with #7, but decided to swing back to the beginning. I like Elvis Cole. In some ways he’s like your typical P.I., but he actually has a sense of humor. Plus, he feeds his cat beer and has a bit of an obsession with Disney characters. I have noticed that he has a bit of a habit of getting too involved with his clients, but I think that’s what makes him special.

I liked the mystery behind this one (a little bit of murder, a little bit of drugs, a little bit of kidnapping), but I wonder if Elvis and Joe are coming out of it a little too scott-free in the end.