jjares reviewed on 3/21/2017 + 3317 more book reviews

This is the eleventh book in the Elvis Cole series and it is very clever. There was just enough Joe Pike; they balanced each other well and it is obvious why they are such great friends (In some stories, Joe Pike comes across as a GI-Joe cartoon character.).

During a serious fire, police officers walked the neighborhood warning residents to move to a safer location. While there, the police come upon a 5-day-old dead body. The body is a bad shock, but the 'book of death' on his lap is horrifying.

Elvis Cole is asked to rethink his work done three years earlier when the dead man is found to be Lionel Byrd, a man Elvis helped escape a murder charge with evidence found at the last minute.

The 7 photos of dead women (one of whom is the woman Byrd was on trial for killing), show them at the point of death. No one but the murderer could have such awful photos. Did Elvis help free a killer? Is he responsible for the two extra women's deaths, since he got the man released from prison?

This is a classic 'who-done-it' and I was totally wrong. Great story with lots of twists.

Elvis Cole Series
1. The Monkey's Raincoat (1987)
2. Stalking the Angel (1988)
3. Lullaby Town (1992)
4. Free Fall (1993)
5. Voodoo River (1995)
6. Sunset Express (1996)
7. Indigo Slam (1997)
8. L. A. Requiem (1999)
9. The Last Detective (2003)
10. The Forgotten Man (2005)
** 11. Chasing Darkness (2008)

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