L.A. Requiem

Pages: 448
Published: 1999
Language: English

When a woman from Joe Pike's past is found dead in the Santa Monica Mountains, the LAPD is quick to label him a suspect. Elvis Cole must dig into his partner's secretive history as a cop to clear his name and find the real killer. It is a brutal look at loyalty and the dark side of Los Angeles.

Prose complexity: 4/10

Gritty Tense Atmospheric Dark

Revenge Found Family Morally Grey Dual Timeline

Crime Mystery Suspense Thriller Adventure Hardboiled

Robert Crais

Robert Crais (born June 20, 1953, in Independence, Louisiana) is an American author of crime fiction and a former television screenwriter. Before turning to novels he wrote for series including Hill Street Blues, Miami Vice, Cagney & Lacey and L.A. Law. His 1987 debut, The Monkey's Raincoat, introduced private investigator Elvis Cole and won the Anthony and Macavity Awards; Cole's partner Joe Pike went on to headline his own spin-off novels within the same series. Crais was named a Grand Master...