Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN num: 9780752827537
ISBN number: 0752827537
Label: Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
Manufacturer: Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
Page Count: 336
Printing Date: March 02, 2000
Publishing house: Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
Sale Popularity Level: 1937367
Studio: Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
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Prominent restaurateur Teddy Martin is facing charges in his wife’s brutal murder. But he’s not going down without spending a bundle of cash on his defense. So his hotshot attorney hires P.I. Elvis Cole to find proof that Detective Angela Rossi tampered with the evidence. Rossi needs a way back to the fast track after falling hard during an internal investigation five years ago. But Cole needs to know if she’s desperate enough to falsify the case against Martin in order to secure her own position. As Cole and his partner Joe Pike work their way through a tangle of witnesses and an even greater tangle of media, they begin to suspect that it’s not the police who are behind the setup.
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Crais has become one of the better current mystery writers. He spins an intriquing story line and keeps the reader up to date on the two main charactes, Cole and Pike.
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This audio book was not listed as abridged. That's why I bought it. If I had known it was abridged I would not have purchased it.
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I listen to these Robert Crais books as audible books and they are great that way. Strongly recommend.
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The more I read Crais's Elvis Cole novels, the more I find myself enjoying them. Sunset Express was no exception. I actually hadn't read the cover copy before I started the book so I was disappointed when it didn't start off sounding like a Cole novel. Never fear, though, Elvis soon enters the story.
He gets used as a pawn in the beginning of the story, but once he starts to figure out what's going on, he's out to set things right and to get justice.
Having already read some of the later Cole books, it was nice to read this earlier one and watch the relationship between Elvis and Lucy Chenier developing.
IMHO, Elvis Cole is second only to Harlan Coben's Myron Bolitar as being the most-enjoyable detective to read. I wouldn't miss a book with either one of them in it.
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Robert Crais is considered one of the best crime fiction writers working today, and I can understand why. He writes in a crisp, entertaining style that keeps me turning the pages. Crais is best known for his "Elvis Cole" series about a private detective in LA, and I'm currently reading the series in order. SUNSET EXPRESS is the sixth book in the series, and it's just an okay read.
SUNSET EXPRESS is a thinly veiled critique of the OJ Simpson trial and verdict, and how a celebrity defendant can manipulate the justice system. In this novel, Cole is hired by a prominent defense attorney who is defending a wealthy restaurenteur accused of murder. Within days, Cole uncovers evidence that could break the case and exculpate the restauranteur. But is the evidence legitimate, or is Cole just a pawn in some larger scheme to hide the truth?
This novel is entertaining enough, but I found some of the twists to be unbeleivable and over-the-top. Crais's major weakness as an author is his tendency to rely on Hollywood-esque plotlines that have little basis in reality. Of course, a novel doesn't have to be realistic to be entertaining, but the cartoonish quality of this book's storyline robs it of any strong emotional punch in the end.
I enjoyed SUNSET EXPRESS well enough, but I think Crais has done better, with earlier Cole novels such as LULLABY TOWN, FREEFALL and VOODOO RIVER.
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