Elvis Cole and Joe Pike · #9

The Last Detective

Robert Crais

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P.I. Elvis Cole’s relationship with attorney Lucy Chenier is strained. Then the unthinkable happens. While Lucy is away on business and her ten-year-old son Ben is staying with Elvis, the boy vanishes without a trace. When the kidnappers call, it’s not for ransom, but for a promise to punish Cole for past sins he claims he didn’t commit. With the LAPD wrestling over the case, and the boy’s estranged father attempting to take control of the investigation, Cole vows to find Ben first. But Cole’s partner, Joe Pike, knows more about this case than he has said. Pike lives in a world where dangerous men commit crimes beyond all reckoning. Now, one of those men is alive and well in L.A.—and calling Elvis Cole to war....

Published
2003
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Robert Crais

In the sun-scorched sprawl of Los Angeles, where crime and conscience often collide, Robert Crais has spent decades navigating the fine line between justice and vengeance. Known for his sharp, emotionally layered crime novels, Crais is the creator of the enduring Elvis Cole and Joe Pike series—stories that aren’t just page-turners, but character studies in loyalty, trauma, and survival. What makes his work resonate isn’t just the pulse-pounding suspense, but the aching humanity behind every gunshot and gut punch. Before novels, there were scripts. Born and raised in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Crais grew up on a steady diet of classic detective…