Stalking the Angel
by Robert Crais
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Author: Robert CraisEdition: Mass Market Paperback
Published: 1992-03-01
ISBN: 0553286447
Number of pages: 288
Publisher: Crimeline
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Book Review: Good Writing, Derivative Storyline
Summary: 3 Stars
STALKING THE ANGEL is the second novel in Robert Crais' "Elvis Cole" series, about a private detective in Los Angeles. I though it was a pretty enjoyable read, although a bit too derviative of Robert Parker's Spenser novels.
Elvis Cole is like Spenser in a variety of ways: he's a non-stop comedian, he's a war vet with a code of honor, he has an ultra-tough sidekick (named "Pike" instead of "Hawk"), he has a love-hate relationship with the cops, and his clients are typically rich, privileged, oversexed, and insufferably arrogant.
The plot of STALKING THE ANGEL, which involves a missing Japanese manuscript, reminds me of the first Spenser novel, which also involves a missing manuscript. Elvis Cole also tries to "save" a young girl from her dysfunctional family, which reminds me of Spenser novels like EARLY AUTUMN and CEREMONY. In other words, there is very little here that struck me as fresh and original.
Still, Crais is a highly skilled writer, and STALKING THE ANGEL is a funny and entertaining diversion. If you like Robert Parker's work, this book is definitely worth a try. My understanding is that the Elvis Cole series gets better with time, so I will definitely try some of the later installments in the near future.
Summary of Stalking the Angel
Bradley Warren had lost something very valuable, something that belonged to someone else: a rare thirteenth-century Japanese manuscript called the Hagakure.Everything PI Elvis Cole knew about Japanese culture he'd learned from reading Shogun, but he knew a lot of crooks - and what he didn't know, his sociopathic sidekick Joe Pike did. Together their search begins in LA's Little Tokyo and the nest of the notorious Japanese mafia, the yakuza, and leads to a white-knuckled adventure filled with madness, murder and sexual obsession - just another day's work for Elvis Cole.
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