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3.96 AVERAGE
3.96 AVERAGE
Thoroughly enjoyable read - it's hard to go wrong with the Elvis Cole/Joe Pike formula! A little melodramatic in parts, but full of suspense and a plot that drives you forward at all times. A great weekend read.
While we sit and wait and anxiously look forward to the new Elivis Cole book each year or two, it has never been a disappointment. This will be the closest ive come to be disappointed. Struggled to give it four stars, should probably have given it three. But i love Elvis and Pike, and that maybe is the problem with this book, just not enough of them. No further character development here, Pike had a minuscule role that left me disappointed to say the least. If this was the first Elvis and Pike book i had ever read, would probably not even be a three star book. book very predictable, knew what was going to happen, but he could have gotten there with giving more. I think the more i say here, the more i feel stupid in giving it four stars, but just cant get myself to give it.........It is an Elvis Cole book after all.
Another excellent story from Robert Crais the characters are always so unique and the pacing through out is perfect! The relationship between Elvis and Pike continues to create some of the best comedic moments with their different personalities and the most heart felt moments of their friendship Elvis’s character continues to grow and adapt to the changing world and has come a long way from the monkeys rain coat I’ve enjoyed following along in his series and hope it never ends and can’t wait to start the next in the series!!!
Quirky duo of villains
Review of the 2018 Putnam paperback edition
You don't really expect much in the way of surprises in the Elvis Cole series at this point. Elvis is his standard wise-cracking self, his cat is still ornery, his partner Joe Pike is still laconic, the clients are flawed but may achieve redemption through the services of Elvis & Joe etc. But it is like returning to the comfortable acquaintance of an old friend that you haven't seen in a year.
What stood out for me here was the odd pair of hit-men villains. They are psychopaths of course, but there is a whole world of unstated back story that their occasional sentimental, tender or merciful feelings hint at. You have the option to fill in that back story with your imagination. You don't expect that in what are usually cardboard cut-out roles. So Robert Crais still finds a way to make a standard Elvis & Joe mystery to be intriguing in a different way.
No Maggie appearance, but we can only hope.
Review of the 2018 Putnam paperback edition
You don't really expect much in the way of surprises in the Elvis Cole series at this point. Elvis is his standard wise-cracking self, his cat is still ornery, his partner Joe Pike is still laconic, the clients are flawed but may achieve redemption through the services of Elvis & Joe etc. But it is like returning to the comfortable acquaintance of an old friend that you haven't seen in a year.
What stood out for me here was the odd pair of hit-men villains. They are psychopaths of course, but there is a whole world of unstated back story that their occasional sentimental, tender or merciful feelings hint at. You have the option to fill in that back story with your imagination. You don't expect that in what are usually cardboard cut-out roles. So Robert Crais still finds a way to make a standard Elvis & Joe mystery to be intriguing in a different way.
No Maggie appearance, but we can only hope.
I wanted a good read, but was disappointed....
We get Chinese take-out every Friday and last night the food was not up to the usual standard. My wife said, “I guess every one misses the mark sometimes.” Robert Crais, who I usually enjoy, missed the mark on this one.
The story is weak and some of the events are unbelievable. When the mother gets her son back only to let him go out for frozen yogurt and goes missing again, being one of the first. Elvis Cole and Joe Pike are not as compelling as in Crais’s other novels. Cole makes dumb mistakes, and Pike is mostly MIA.
The bad guys, named Stemms and Harvey, are the most exciting part of the book. Yet, their back story, which is awkwardly placed, is hard to swallow. They reminded me of John Connolly’s characters, Louis and Angel, only not as compelling.
The ending felt rushed and certain threads just fell to the wayside. I won’t spoil it by mentioning them. After reading the last page, I turned to my wife and said, “Well, that was boring.”
This one gets two stars.
We get Chinese take-out every Friday and last night the food was not up to the usual standard. My wife said, “I guess every one misses the mark sometimes.” Robert Crais, who I usually enjoy, missed the mark on this one.
The story is weak and some of the events are unbelievable. When the mother gets her son back only to let him go out for frozen yogurt and goes missing again, being one of the first. Elvis Cole and Joe Pike are not as compelling as in Crais’s other novels. Cole makes dumb mistakes, and Pike is mostly MIA.
The bad guys, named Stemms and Harvey, are the most exciting part of the book. Yet, their back story, which is awkwardly placed, is hard to swallow. They reminded me of John Connolly’s characters, Louis and Angel, only not as compelling.
The ending felt rushed and certain threads just fell to the wayside. I won’t spoil it by mentioning them. After reading the last page, I turned to my wife and said, “Well, that was boring.”
This one gets two stars.
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Not his best. A good, quick read but nothing that advances the characters or breaks new ground. Now The Last Detective, that was a great, great book.
The latest Elvis Cole book. I've read them all. Entertaining.
Devon Connor knows her son, Tyson, is up to something. She thinks that her son is involved with drug dealers in some way as she has found money and more in his room including a Rolex. She wants private detective Elvis Cole to find out what her son is doing.
It does not take the world’s greatest detective long to figure out that Tyson, as well as his girlfriend, Amber, and another teen, Alec, are actually involved in burglaries. They have been taking expensive stuff from various houses. For the teens it is a rush and a game. For somebody they stole from it was very personal and that party has the resources to have them found, the property recovered, and the thieves dealt with in a very permanent way.
Until that happens, the two man hit team hired to find the stolen item will stack bodies in their hunt. It isn’t long before Elvis and the killers cross paths and the chaos begins to build. Good thing Cole has Pike to balance the odds a little bit.
The Wanted by Robert Crais is a fast paced thrill ride from start to finish. The read shifts nearly every chapter to a different character or characters as the chase winds across the Los Angeles area. What was taken and what it means is at the heart of a story where almost all the bad guys are identified from the start. Instead, the point of the read is building suspense as Elvis and Pike try to keep the clients alive and figure out what they want back and more.
While The Wanted is the latest in the Elvis Cole/Joe Pike series, it can easily be read as a standalone. There are hardly any backstory references in the book so reading this one first for readers new to the series would not be a hindrance. Readers of the series to this point should understand that while the tale is a good one, there is less meat on the bones here in terms of other characters being developed. For the most part, the secondary characters tend to be stock characters and at times a bit clichéd. The Wanted is one of those books that you read that is written in such a way that would be easy for Hollywood to make a movie.
Despite all of that, for what it is, The Wanted by Robert Crais is a pretty good read. It keeps the action moving forward at a strong pace and author Robert Crais does a good job of escalating things as needed. While not nearly as good as earlier books in the series, it is a good read and worth your time.
The Wanted: An Elvis Cole and Joe Pike Novel
Robert Crais
http://www.robertcrais.com
G. P. Putnam’s Sons (Penguin Random House LLC)
http://www.penguin.com/publishers/gpputnamssons/
December 2017
ISBN# 978-0-399-16150-6
Hardback (also available in audio and eBook formats)
332 Pages
$28.00
Material supplied by the good people of the Dallas Library System. Support your local libraries. When the zombies attack and the grid goes down, all those internet connected devices are not going to be worth crap. We will need printed books to rebuild the world.
Kevin R. Tipple ©2018
It does not take the world’s greatest detective long to figure out that Tyson, as well as his girlfriend, Amber, and another teen, Alec, are actually involved in burglaries. They have been taking expensive stuff from various houses. For the teens it is a rush and a game. For somebody they stole from it was very personal and that party has the resources to have them found, the property recovered, and the thieves dealt with in a very permanent way.
Until that happens, the two man hit team hired to find the stolen item will stack bodies in their hunt. It isn’t long before Elvis and the killers cross paths and the chaos begins to build. Good thing Cole has Pike to balance the odds a little bit.
The Wanted by Robert Crais is a fast paced thrill ride from start to finish. The read shifts nearly every chapter to a different character or characters as the chase winds across the Los Angeles area. What was taken and what it means is at the heart of a story where almost all the bad guys are identified from the start. Instead, the point of the read is building suspense as Elvis and Pike try to keep the clients alive and figure out what they want back and more.
While The Wanted is the latest in the Elvis Cole/Joe Pike series, it can easily be read as a standalone. There are hardly any backstory references in the book so reading this one first for readers new to the series would not be a hindrance. Readers of the series to this point should understand that while the tale is a good one, there is less meat on the bones here in terms of other characters being developed. For the most part, the secondary characters tend to be stock characters and at times a bit clichéd. The Wanted is one of those books that you read that is written in such a way that would be easy for Hollywood to make a movie.
Despite all of that, for what it is, The Wanted by Robert Crais is a pretty good read. It keeps the action moving forward at a strong pace and author Robert Crais does a good job of escalating things as needed. While not nearly as good as earlier books in the series, it is a good read and worth your time.
The Wanted: An Elvis Cole and Joe Pike Novel
Robert Crais
http://www.robertcrais.com
G. P. Putnam’s Sons (Penguin Random House LLC)
http://www.penguin.com/publishers/gpputnamssons/
December 2017
ISBN# 978-0-399-16150-6
Hardback (also available in audio and eBook formats)
332 Pages
$28.00
Material supplied by the good people of the Dallas Library System. Support your local libraries. When the zombies attack and the grid goes down, all those internet connected devices are not going to be worth crap. We will need printed books to rebuild the world.
Kevin R. Tipple ©2018