Racing the Light
- Published
- 1 January 2022
- Pages
- 473
- ISBN-13
- 9781432899356
- Type
- novel
About this book
Book 19 in Robert Crais's Elvis Cole/Joe Pike series, Racing the Light (2022) runs 473 pages and continues the deeper, more acclaimed direction the series took after L.A. Requiem, balancing Elvis's humor against Pike's near-silent menace as their friendship keeps deepening.
Key facts about Racing the Light
Robert Crais wrote Racing the Light, a novel on our list. It has been out since 2022. The book has 473 pages.
We list 3 editions of this novel. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9781432899356 to find the main one.
Racing the Light is book 19 of 20 in the Elvis Cole and Joe Pike series. The series has 20 published books. However, the series starts with The Monkey's Raincoat (1987).
That series sits on our mystery shelf. Meanwhile, The Big Empty is the latest published Robert Crais book on file, from 2025.
About Robert Crais
Robert Crais is an American crime novelist who began his writing career in television, scripting episodes for shows including Hill Street Blues, Miami Vice, and Cagney & Lacey, before moving to novels with The Monkey's Raincoat in 1987. See every Robert Crais book in order.
Its place in Elvis Cole and Joe Pike
Racing the Light is book 19 in the Elvis Cole and Joe Pike series. It follows A Dangerous Man. It is followed by The Big Empty. 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 9780525535720
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781432899356
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781536625660