Synopses & Reviews
In his major
New York Times bestseller,
The Last Detective, Robert Crais returned to his signature characters, private investigator Elvis Cole and his enigmatic partner, Joe Pike. Now Crais delivers a stunning, edge-of-your-seat suspense novel that leads Elvis to the very thing hes always searched for the dark secrets of his own life as well as a brutal killer determined to stop him.
Los Angeles, 3:58 a.m.: Elvis Cole receives the phone call hes been waiting for since childhood. Responding to a gunshot, the LAPD has found an injured man in an alleyway. He has told the officer on the scene that he is looking for his son, Elvis Cole. Minutes later, the man is dead.
Haunted throughout his life by a lack of knowledge about his father, Elvis turns to the one person who can help him navigate the minefield of his past his longtime partner and confidant, Joe Pike. Together with hard-edged LAPD detective, Carol Starkey, they launch a feverish search for the dead mans identity even as Elvis struggles between wanting to believe hes found his father at last and allowing his suspicions to hold him back. With each long-buried clue they unearth, a frightening picture begins to emerge about who the dead man might have been and the terrible secret hes been guarding.
At the same time, Elvis has no way of knowing he has awakened a sleeping monster. The further he goes in his investigation, the closer he draws to a merciless killer who is violently connected to the unidentified mans past. This psychopath believes Cole is hunting him, and he goes on the attack to find Elvis before Elvis can find him.
Summoning all the powerful elements that have made Robert Crais one of the preeminent crime writers today, The Forgotten Man is a spectacular tour-de-force of suspense and intrigue.
Review
"Pulpy, suspenseful, and unpretentious, let's hear it for the B crime novel....Crais won't win any prizes for prose style....But you won't easily put down this lurid, fast-paced, solid B thriller. (Grade: B)" Entertainment Weekly
Review
"A potent mix of sound detection, black humor, cut-and-run action, sensitive-male flapdoodle, and half a dozen first-class surprises." Kirkus Reviews
Review
"The Forgotten Man is Crais at his quietly brilliant best, where each turn of the page potentially hides a bombshell revelation in stark, beautiful, and memorable prose.... [A] winner in every sense of the word." BookReporter.com
Review
"...Crais keeps the suspense and the action boiling by leading the reader step by step toward the shocking solution to the two mysteries at the novel's heart....in what continues to be one of today's best detective series." Los Angeles Times
Review
"Crais writes a spare prose that modulates smoothly into something bordering on the poetic.... But what really works about his writing is the pointillist details he drops along the way. They seem casual, but are always telling." Philadelphia Inquirer
Review
"Robert Crais has evolved from a so-so writer and storyteller into a master....good enough to provide even the pickiest reader with a satisfying diversion...." St. Petersburg Times
Synopsis
In his major New York Times bestseller The Last Detective, Crais returned to his signature characters, private investigator Elvis Cole and partner Joe Pike. Now, after scratching the surface of Cole's troubled past, Crais returns with a stunning suspense novel that leads to the dark secrets of Cole's own life.
Synopsis
In his major New York Times bestseller, The Last Detective, Robert Crais returned to his signature characters, private investigator Elvis Cole and his enigmatic partner, Joe Pike. Now Crais delivers a stunning, edge-of-your-seat suspense novel that leads Elvis to the very thing he's always searched for-- the dark secrets of his own life--as well as a brutal killer determined to stop him.
Los Angeles, 3:58 a.m.: Elvis Cole receives the phone call he's been waiting for since childhood. Responding to a gunshot, the LAPD has found an injured man in an alleyway. He has told the officer on the scene that he is looking for his son, Elvis Cole. Minutes later, the man is dead.
Haunted throughout his life by a lack of knowledge about his father, Elvis turns to the one person who can help him navigate the minefield of his past-- his longtime partner and confidant, Joe Pike. Together with hard-edged LAPD detective, Carol Starkey, they launch a feverish search for the dead man's identity--even as Elvis struggles between wanting to believe he's found his father at last and allowing his suspicions to hold him back. With each long-buried clue they unearth, a frightening picture begins to emerge about who the dead man might have been and the terrible secret he's been guarding.
At the same time, Elvis has no way of knowing he has awakened a sleeping monster. The further he goes in his investigation, the closer he draws to a merciless killer who is violently connected to the unidentified man's past. This psychopath believes Cole is hunting him, and he goes on the attack to find Elvis before Elvis can find him.
Summoning all the powerful elements that have made Robert Crais one of thepreeminent crime writers today, The Forgotten Man is a spectacular tour-de-force of suspense and intrigue.
About the Author
Robert Crais is the bestselling author of
The Last Detective, Hostage, Demolition Angel, and
L.A. Requiem, as well as seven previous novels featuring Elvis Cole. For additional information about the author and his novels, visit
www.robertcrais.com.
From the Hardcover edition.