Lullaby Town (Audible Audio Edition) Robert Crais, Mel Foster, Orion Publishing Group Books
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Peter Alan Nelsen is a super-successful movie director who is used to getting what he wants. And what he wants now is to find the wife and infant child he dumped on the road to fame.
It's the kind of case that Cole could handle in his sleep, except that when Cole actually finds Nelsen's ex-wife, everything takes on nightmarish proportions - a nightmare that involves Cole with a nasty New York mob family and a psycho killer who is the son of the godfather.
And when the unpredictable Nelsen charges in, an explosive situation blows sky-high.
Lullaby Town (Audible Audio Edition) Robert Crais, Mel Foster, Orion Publishing Group Books
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Lullaby Town (Audible Audio Edition) Robert Crais, Mel Foster, Orion Publishing Group Books Reviews
Early Elvis Cole novel, with protagonist Cole and partner Joe Pike battling the Mafia in New York (and suburban Connecticut. Some good moments here, but overall, not as strong as later Cole books (in my opinion). The probability factor is stretched pretty tight in "Lullaby...", starting with title which is hard to relate to the content of the novel.
Outside of an irritating overuse of the stylistic phrasing " ... giving irritation ..." and "... giving attitude ... ", this story is masterfully paced. The plot develops slowly, and we are given time to recognize Elvis Cole and his red-arrow-shouldered partner, Pike, while we settle in to the thread of the story. Excitement is at a low, comfortable, snacks and soft drinks level. Then new characters arrive and come uniquely alive, some shadowy and some irritatingly, some menacingly real. At some point you stop reaching for another handful of snacks. And then the author squeezes your attention toward a sharply, adroitly drawn instance of life's opportunities to choose. At this point I was thankful the plot line was so engrossing I did not indulge my habit of reading the ending first. The wait was rewarded in an ending that was like wet wool slowly drying in the sun and pulling all of its fibers inexorably tighter and tighter. Finally, as tension ebbs, you are offered a scene of such benign contrast, a thankfully surviving but shaken Elvis and a vacationing couple viewing the same lovely landscape in the early morning's dawning, that the instance perfectly frames what has just taken place a few hours before. Good and evil were there, perfectly balanced so that both go on, intertwined but more tightly twisted and not unchanged by the process. I easily drew from that scene my own memory of right choices made and life's gifts given and gratefully received. I closed the final page slowly. The story deserved no less.
Robert Crais has become one of my favorite authors. This was such an exciting story I read it in a couple of days and ordered his next one. Elvis Cole, the main character, is so well developed, different from his partner Joe Pike and together they make a great team. This book is action packed with twists and turns that kept my interest through it all. I love his other character, the cat, that appears in each book. I get worried that he is going to get lost or hurt going out at night so I am alert when he comes into the story. Anyone who likes a good story, a mystery, and interesting characters should grab this book for a good read.
Robert Crais is a terrific writer . Every book is spectacular. Lullaby Town was a great read and as usual Cole and Pike saved everybody. The bonus of course is all the insider information about guys; at least with those two. I always enjoy learning what goes on in their heads and how they interact as they tear through the story with guns blazing.
I'm a big fan of Michael Connelly and his character Harry Bosch. The stories are intriguing, the characters are real, and the hook in each story grabs me at once. So, it was a downer on the day when I finished the last, current book and now have to wait and wait for the next one. Ah ha!!! I have found Robert Crais and Elvis Cole. For me, a new treasure trove of stories that will fill my reading time with murder, mystery and the capture of my complete attention. Lullaby Town, Book 3 in the Elvis Cole series got me at the first chapter. Although the Hollywood director is a bit stereotyped, the rest of the book rolls along just as I hoped it would. I like that it pulled Elvis out of the LA scene and placed him in an area with which I am familiar. I could see it all. Hey, but that's just me. If you're a mystery, action fan with a main character that's a bit quirky, go for a ride with Elvis.
Now that I am on the third book in Crais’ series, I can say for sure that whenever I pick up an Elvis Cole novel, it is a guaranteed good read.
Just one thing bothers me about Crais’s writing style—he uses this odd construction “He gave me irritated.†“He gave me suspicious.†“He gave me angry.†It is still early in Crais’s writing career, however, so hopefully, he irons out the overuse of this weird phraseology.
I also don’t care for the titles he gives his books—they never make sense to me. But besides that, Crais has a creative, snappy voice, great characterizations, and engaging plotlines.
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