Robert Crais

Hostage is a 2001 thriller novel by Robert Crais, set in fictional Bristo Bay, California, about a small town police chief named Jeff Talley with memories of a failed hostage situation, who must negotiate the same type of situation in his own town if he wants his own family to live.

Indigo Slam is a 1997 detective novel by Robert Crais. It is the seventh in a series of linked novels centering on the private investigator Elvis Cole. It was nominated for the Shamus Award.

Demolition Angel is a 2000 stand-alone thriller by Robert Crais. It centers on Carol Starkey, a Detective-2 with LAPD’s Criminal Conspiracy Section, who later joins Crais' Elvis Cole/Joe Pike series in The Last Detective. Demolition Angel was nominated for the Mary Higgins Clark Award in 2001.

Stalking the Angel is a 1989 detective novel by Robert Crais. It is the second in a series of linked novels centering on the private investigator Elvis Cole.

The First Rule is a 2010 detective novel by Robert Crais. It is the thirteenth in a series of linked novels centering on the private investigator Elvis Cole.

The Forgotten Man is a 2005 detective novel by Robert Crais. It is the tenth in a series of linked novels centering on the private investigator Elvis Cole. It was nominated for the Shamus Award.

Chasing Darkness is a 2008 detective novel by Robert Crais. It is the twelfth in a series of linked novels centering on the private investigator Elvis Cole. It was nominated for the Best Mystery Award by the Southern California Independent Booksellers Association.

Ask anyone on the wrong side of the law about the two minute rule and they’ll tell you that’s as long as you can hope for at a robbery before the cops show up. Break the two minute rule and it’s a lifetime in jail. But not everyone plays by the rules....When ex-con Max Holman finally gets out of jail, freedom doesn’t …

Robert Crais fans are thrilled and new readers are hooked! In this widely acclaimed novel, Crais delivers the kind of perfectly realized characters and intricately woven plot that make for an irresistible read.

Elvis Cole has got a problem to solve - and this time it's personal. Elvis Cole's girlfriend, Lucy, is out of town, and she has left her young son Ben in Elvis's care. Elvis and Lucy have had a few problems lately - not least over his job as a private investigator. But at last things seem to be getting better. Then …