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

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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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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

Mort Lang disappears after picking up his 5-year-old son Perry from school. Mort runs a Hollywood talent agency. Ellen Lang, a homemaker who has never written out a check or paid a bill, scared to death, is dragged by her best friend, Janet Simon, into Elvis Cole's office. Cole is a private detective. He partners with another Vietnam vet, Joe Pike. Pike is a seriously PTSD-damaged Vietnam vet, no longer able to do the social niceties. Ellen and Mort have two other children, Cindy and Carrie, who

If you've followed my reading recently, it's no secret I've been enjoying Robert Crais' Elvis Cole books. Somehow, I started with book three, Lullaby Town, perhaps because it was the first book in the series with an above four-star average. Thank goodness I did, because what a difference five years makes in personal changes and skill. Crais' first book, The Monkey's Raincoat, is full of one P.I. trope after another, with a 1980s plot ripped off from Miami Vice, and characters created with the

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!

This Cole novel is not up to par with other Cole stories with much better plots. There is nothing redeeming here. 1 of 10 stars

It's easy to sound good. All you do is leave in the parts where you act tough and forget the parts where you get shoved around.The first book in the Elvis Cole series is a delight to read. Full of witty comments from the wise-ass Cole and calm cool moments from his P.I. business partner Joe Pike, it's easy to see why this series has been around all these years. When a local Los Angeles talent agent and his son go missing, Cole undertakes the case on behalf of his wife, only to be thrown into a

Mort Lang runs off with his son, leaving his wife and daughters in the lurch. Elvis Cole is tapped to find him and promptly ends up in the middle of a plot involving two kilos of cocaine. Can Elvis find the drugs and find Mort and his son?I have to admit that I wasn't sold on Elvis Cole at the beginning. He felt like a Spenser ripoff with some quirks thrown in for no reason. A wiseass detective that does yoga and is into Disney junk? Then Crais grabbed me and dragged me to the end of the winding