Elvis Cole and Joe Pike · Book 8
L.A. Requiem
- Published
- 1 January 1999
- Pages
- 426
- ISBN-13
- 9780345434470
- Type
- novel
About this book
L.A. Requiem (1999, 426 pages) is book 8 of the Elvis Cole series and its widely considered turning point -- the novel where Robert Crais broke from the light, wisecracking PI-novel formula of the early books into something much darker, digging into Joe Pike's backstory in ways the series hadn't before.
Its place in Elvis Cole and Joe Pike
L.A. Requiem is book 8 in the Elvis Cole and Joe Pike series. It follows Indigo Slam. It is followed by The Last Detective. See the full Elvis Cole and Joe Pike reading order.
Elvis Cole is a wisecracking Los Angeles private investigator -- Disney-loving, Jiminy Cricket clock on his desk, quick with a quip -- whose cases start out looking like standard missing-person or custody jobs and reliably escalate into something much darker: organized crime, government cover-ups, cartel violence. His silent partner Joe Pike, an ex-Marine and former cop with twin red arrow tattoos and a moral code as rigid as his gun discipline, does the parts of the job that require someone who isn't afraid to…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780345434470
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780752824901
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780307567857