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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. Elvis has to prove that a job he did 3 years before, clearing a man of murder, was correct. Now Byrd's found dead with evidence he's killed more women. It's an open and shut case for the cops but what are they covering up? Elvis, with Joe for backup, follows the trail that looks more and more like police corruption, but is it? A good read. (  ) dl650 | Apr 25, 2009 |  I'd read a couple of Elvis Cole novels in the past and wasn't that impressed, but Chasing Darkness focused more on plot and action than on Elvis' tiresome relationship problems, and so was much more interesting. A couple of ingenious plot twists held my attention to the end. (  ) whimsicalkitten | Nov 5, 2008 | "The darkness frightens me, but what it does to us frightens me even more. Maybe this is why I do what I do. I chase the darkness to make room for the light." (273) The concluding lines to Crais's latest sum up the hero quest for not only Elvis Cole but all protagonists in the genre, from Sam Spade and Philip Marlowe to Spenser and Reacher. Chasing the Darkness is a solid entry in the Crais oeuvre, an entertaining fast read. But it also does not stand out in any way; the experienced reader will have read dozens like it. Both Elvis and the story seem tired. May the next one show more life! (  ) polutropos | Nov 1, 2008 | Flew through the first 16 chapters and had to force myself to put the book down and go into work. I have loved Starkey since Demolition Angel and with Starkey and Cole together, what's not to like? But then Starkey disappeared out of the rest of the book. I do think this novel is better than the last few Crais has produced. The writing itself was excellent, I just wasn't interested in the plot during the last third of the book. It lost something, some of the pizazz it had in the beginning. Maybe it was Starkey. I wish Crais would stop being such a tease. ( ) VictoriaPL | Sep 19, 2008 | In this latest Cole novel I think Crais has gotten closer to the original voice he used in the early novels. The noir pastiche’s dialogue (both internal and external) crackled off the page and the action never stopped. Elvis seemed less awash in self-pity and inaction this time; more sure of himself like the old Elvis we’ve come to know. At the same time, he and Pike seem more like equal partners than they have in the past where Pike seemed to ALWAYS be bailing Elvis out and saving his ass. That’s why I think this one works a bit better than others. Plot-wise it is interesting enough. Lots of stonewalling, distractions and double-crosses. I was a bit annoyed to find Starkey once again part of the investigation. She grates on my nerves something awful. At least this time she isn’t panting and pawing at Cole all through the story. Gah. Lucy made an appearance, though, leaving the door open to a larger role once again. Her I liked, but the kid, not so much so I hope she stays in Louisiana until he’s 25. ( ) Bookmarque | Aug 12, 2008 |  no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0743281640, Hardcover)Elvis Cole is Back--In a Desperate Fight to Clear his Name... It's fire season, and the hills of Los Angeles are burning. When police and fire department personnel rush door to door in a frenzied evacuation effort, they discover the week-old corpse of an apparent suicide. But the gunshot victim is less gruesome than what they find in his lap: a photo album of seven brutally murdered young women -- one per year, for seven years. And when the suicide victim is identified as a former suspect in one of the murders, the news turns Elvis Cole's world upside down. Three years earlier Lionel Byrd was brought to trial for the murder of a female prostitute named Yvonne Bennett. A taped confession coerced by the police inspired a prominent defense attorney to take Byrd's case, and Elvis Cole was hired to investigate. It was Cole's eleventh-hour discovery of an exculpatory videotape that allowed Lionel Byrd to walk free. Elvis was hailed as a hero. But the discovery of the death album in Byrd's lap now brands Elvis as an unwitting accomplice to murder. Captured in photographs that could only have been taken by the murderer, Yvonne Bennett was the fifth of the seven victims -- two more young women were murdered after Lionel Byrd walked free. So Elvis can't help but wonder -- did he, Elvis Cole, cost two more young women their lives? Shut out of the investigation by a special LAPD task force determined to close the case, Elvis Cole and Joe Pike desperately fight to uncover the truth about Lionel Byrd and his nightmare album of death -- a truth hidden by lies, politics, and corruption in a world where nothing is what it seems to be. Chasing Darkness is a blistering thriller from the bestselling author who sets the standard for intense, powerful crime writing. (retrieved from Amazon Tue, 05 Jan 2010 16:52:43 -0500) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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