The Big Empty
- Published
- 1 January 2025
- Pages
- 384
- ISBN-13
- 9780525535768
- Type
- novel
About this book
The Big Empty (2025, 384 pages) is book 20, the most recent entry in the Elvis Cole series -- winner of the 2026 Edgar Award for Best Novel and the 2026 ITW Thriller Award for Best Series Novel, with no new entry currently announced to follow it.
Key facts about The Big Empty
Robert Crais wrote The Big Empty, a novel on our list. It has been out since 2025. The book has 384 pages.
We list 3 editions of this novel. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780525535768 to find the main one.
The Big Empty is book 20 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. It is also the latest published Robert Crais book on file.
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
The Big Empty is book 20 in the Elvis Cole and Joe Pike series. It follows Racing the Light. 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 9780525535768
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780525535799
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781471195082