

The Monkey's Raincoat
Author: Robert Crais
Narrator: Patrick Lawlor
Unabridged: 8 hr 9 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Brilliance Audio
Published: 02/29/2008
Categories: Fiction, Suspense & Thriller
Author: Robert Crais
Narrator: Patrick Lawlor
Unabridged: 8 hr 9 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Brilliance Audio
Published: 02/29/2008
Categories: Fiction, Suspense & Thriller
Robert Crais is the 2006 recipient of the Ross Macdonald Literary Award. He is the author of numerous New York Times bestsellers, including The Two Minute Rule, The Forgotten Man, and L.A. Requiem.
I hated the ‘80s. Hated them while I was living through them and twenty years later I still get slightly queasy when I think about that time. So when I was reading this book written in 1987, and the hero is bragging about wearing white jeans with a white jacket to cover up his shoulder holster, I le......more
First published in 1987, this is the novel that introduced Los Angeles P.I. Elvis Cole and his taciturn sidekick, Joe Pike. As seems to be the case in eighty-five percent of P.I. novels, Cole is whiling away a quiet afternoon in his office when a woman appears who is in desperate need of his help. I......more
Robert Crais published his first novel featuring his now-famous L.A. private detective, Elvis Cole, in 1987. "The Monkey's Raincoat" was an instant success, garnering nearly every single award for the mystery genre, including nominations for the Edgar and Shamus (which, in the mystery writer's world......more
Browbeaten into seeing a detective by her best friend Jane, Elvis Cole’s client Ellen Lang is still reluctant. She doesn’t wish to cause any trouble for her husband Mort—even though he’s cheating on her, even though he has threatened to leave. But now Mort has disappeared, and their son Perry has di......more