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The Forgotten Man [Abridged] [Audiobook] [CD] (Audio CD)

de Robert Crais (Author, Reader)
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Crais's latest L.A.-based crime novel featuring super-sleuth Elvis Cole blends high-powered action, a commanding cast and a touch of dark humor to excellent dramatic effect. One morning at four, Cole gets a call from the LAPD informing him that a murdered John Doe has claimed, with his dying breath, to be Cole's father, a man Cole has never met. Cole immediately gets to work gathering evidence on the dead man - Herbert Faustina, aka George Reinnike - while cramping the style of the assigned detective, Jeff Pardy. Though Cole finds Reinnike's motel room key at the crime scene, the puzzle pieces are tough to put together, even with the unfailing help of partner Joe Pike and feisty ex-Bomb Squad techie Carol Starkey, who's so smitten with Cole that she can't think of him without smiling. Days of smart sleuthing work take the self-proclaimed "World's Greatest Detective" from a Venice Beach escort service to the California desert, then a hospital in San Diego, where doubts about Reinnike's true heritage begin to dissipate. Meanwhile, a delusional psychopath named Frederick Conrad, who is convinced that his partner in crime was killed by Cole, stalks and schemes to even the score. There's lots to digest, but this character-driven series continues to be strong in plot, action and pacing, and Crais (The Last Detective) boasts a distinctive knack for a sucker-punch element of surprise.
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The plots of some novels almost defy logic. Such is the case with Crais's latest Elvis Cole mystery, in which the investigator receives a call telling him that a man found in an alley, who claimed to be Cole's long lost (and heretofore unknown) father, has just died. Cole then begins his search for the truth about the man--and finds himself enmeshed with a crazed killer. James Daniels takes the story and runs, using a style that is low-key yet that also retains Cole's urgent desire to learn if the man really is his father. Daniels avoids the trap of injecting too much emotion into his performance, allowing the story to unfold at a good pace--and without adding the cynicism the plot warrants. D.J.S. © AudioFile 2005, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.
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4.0étoiles sur 5 Elvis in Pain, Déc 6 2008
This review is from: The Forgotten Man: An Elvis Cole Novel (Mass Market Paperback)

The Forgotten Man opens with a powerful flashback -- a mother, father and son have been brutally murdered and a four-year-old girl has been left behind to witness the awful results.

Since Lucy Chenier left town with her son, Elvis Cole hasn't been sleeping all that well. A call from Detective Kelly Diaz of LAPD at 3:58 a.m. finds him not really asleep. A homicide victim has been found in a dangerous alley and with his dying breath has said that he's looking for Elvis, his son. The victim's pockets reveal newspaper clippings about Elvis. With that call, Elvis is thrown back into his childhood trauma of never having met his father and having a mother who wasn't all there.

Riveted by this information, Elvis asks to investigate the case along with the LAPD. Despite occasional friction, "the world's greatest detective" is soon ahead of the police and rapidly tracking down who the John Doe is.

The story alternates narrators between Elvis, Carol Starkey and a villain. In this way, Mr. Crais keeps us ahead of Elvis in knowing what's going on.

For those who like Elvis, the superman, this book will be a disappointment. He's so emotionally under the weather because of losing Lucy and with this new hunt for his father that Elvis is having trouble functioning. You'll think that you are reading about a binging alcoholic (although that's not his problem) rather than Elvis Cole. I suspect that these readers will find this to be a 2 or a 3 star book.

The best parts of this book come in flashbacks to the young Elvis as he repeatedly runs away from home to find his father. I was impressed that Mr. Crais could write such emotionally strong material. It's quite a contrast with his usual action style.

The plot itself is awfully contrived . . . and not very satisfying. With a better plot, this could have been an outstanding book. I hope that Mr. Crais won't give up on developing Elvis Cole as a character. That's what he did best in this book.

Even Superman was vulnerable to kryptonite (and Lois Lane). A more vulnerable Elvis will be a better and more interesting character in books to come.
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5.0étoiles sur 5 "Forgotten Man" Is Unforgettable, Mars 9 2005
Par "corbs66" (Listowel, Ontario Canada) - Voir tous mes commentaires
This review is from: The Forgotten Man: A Novel (Hardcover)
This novel is about retribution, justice, and ultimately coming to peace with the past. In this novel we learn about the childhood of Crais' serial hero Elvis Cole. We are reunited with characters from previous novels, in particular the Demoltion Angel herself: Carol Starkey.
Crais' writing style is brilliant- if you start this novel be prepared to stay up late at night. The humour of Cole is as sharp as ever, as is Starkey's sardonic temperment.
Do not hesitate to read this book!
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