I think this is the first Robert Crais book I've read. I have vague memories of listening to something called "L.A. Requiem", but I don't know if he was the author. Anyway, it was pretty good. I won't turn down other books in the series. And how did I end up with #7 first? That's what happens when you get piles of paperbacks from your father.

I liked the Elvis Cole character, but I have no earthly idea what "Indigo Slam" means ( )

Another "lucky you" if you have not read the seris yet! ( )

Robert Crais has written some outstanding stuff and his other novels about Elvis Cole , the wise-cracking detective, have been good reads. Unfortunately, this isn't one of his best.

Elvis takes another case for nothing. He must not only be the World's Greatest Detective, but the The World's Greatest Detective Who Doesn't Need Any Money, too.

Here, Elvis helps three children find their lost father on the run from the Russian Mob. It's a nice twist and Crais, as always, pulls it off well.

But the children are tedious. One acts out and curses constantly. You're hoping that the mob gets him. The father is tedious. He complains from page five and I had him figured out by page fifteen. Joe is tedious. He lacks a hard, scary edge and has one liners that are a cross between Clint Eastwood and Jack Benny. Heavily armed.

Not a page turner and a book that would be a poor place to start what is a very well written series. Elvis Cole and Joe Pike maybe the best series around. "Indigo Slam" isn't. ( )

Great book. Sucks you in from the first page.