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Title	:	The Monkey's Raincoat (Elvis Cole and Joe Pike #1)
Author	:	Robert Crais
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 237 pages
Published	:	1999 by Orion (first published July 1st 1987)
Categories	:	Mystery. Fiction. Crime. Thriller. Mystery Thriller. Detective. Suspense

The Monkey's Raincoat (Elvis Cole and Joe Pike #1)

Robert Crais

Paperback | Pages: 237 pages

Rating: 3.98 | 22319 Users | 1141 Reviews

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Taking the mystery community by storm, this Elvis Cole novel was nominated for the Edgar, Anthony, Shamus, and Macavity awards and won both the Anthony and Macavity for Best Novel of the Year.

When Ellen Lang's husband disappears with their son, she hires Elvis Cole to track him down. A quiet and seemingly submissive wife, Ellen can't even write a check without him. All she wants is to get him and her son back—no questions asked.

The search for Ellen's errant husband leads Elvis into the seamier side of Hollywood. He soon learns that Mort Lang is a down-on-his-luck talent agent who associates with a schlocky movie producer, and the last place he was spotted was at a party thrown by a famous and very well-connected ex-Matador. But no one has seen him since—including his B-movie girlfriend.

At the same time the police find Mort in his parked car with four gunshots in his chest —and no kid in sight—Ellen disappears. Now nothing is what it seems, and the heat is on. It's up to Elvis Cole and his partner Joe Pike to find the connection between sleazy Hollywood players and an ex-Matador.

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Original Title:	The Monkey's Raincoat
ISBN:	0752816993 (ISBN13: 9780752816999)
Edition Language:	English
Series:	Elvis Cole and Joe Pike #1
Characters:	Elvis Cole, Joe Pike, Ellen Lang, Lou Poitras, Lt. Baishe
Setting:	Hollywood, California(United States)
Literary Awards:	Macavity Award for Best First Mystery Novel (1988), Anthony Award for Best Paperback Original (1988), Shamus Award Nominee for Best Original PI Paperback (1988), Edgar Award Nominee for Best Paperback Original (1988)

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Better than the first time around. I love these guys as much and in a different way than Spenser and Hawk. Spenser and Hawk have a tough guy relationship, but more funny than tough. Elvis and Joe have a one sided funny relationship, but both never give an inch when the sh!t hits the fan. I love Joe's arrows...always move forward! Great book and great series!



The Elvis Cole series got off to a highly entertaining start with The Monkeys Raincoat.L.A. private detective Elvis Cole takes on the case of Ellen Lang, an emotionally paralyzed housewife convinced that her floundering husband has taken off with their young son. What at first looks like a messy domestic squabble mushrooms into something a lot more dangerous, putting Elvis, his client and his enigmatic partner, John Pike, in the crossfire between some highly connected criminals and some law

I thoroughly enjoyed it. Elvis Cole is such an entertaining private eye. He is ruthless and funny at the same time. His partner is Joe Pike, silent but deadly. They are hired to find Ellen Langs husband and son. Drugs are a major part of the story, plus murder and kidnapping. Really exciting book.

My first introduction to Robert Crais' work was through the Joe Pike character. Having read several of the books and being "introed" to Elvis Cole, I (true to my usual form) went back and got the first volume.Pretty good book. Related in first person rather than third as the Pike books were/are we get Cole's voice telling the story. Pike in the first book I read told one of their client's that "Elvis thinks he's funny"...it's true, he does. Cracking jokes along the way Elvis chronicles the story

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 leaned over and vomited with visions of Sonny Crockett dancing in my head. Fortunately, it got much better.Robert Crais is one of those mystery writers Ive been meaning to read for a while now. When I

That was a fun thriller with a couple of very memorable characters. I see Joe Pike has his own series & I'm intrigued. Luckily, I got the first 2 of his series with this book. Hopefully there won't be as many attempts at humor. They got rather flat after a while.The writing wasn't bad. Good action scenes, but I didn't appreciate all the road directions through L.A.. They didn't mean a thing to me. Maybe if I knew the area. As it was, they read like filler.All in all, it was fun.