Title: The Last Detective Author: Robert Crais File Type: Mobi Subject:Mystery Description:Amazon.com ReviewDont start reading The Last Detective with much on your calendar. This tense, satisfying thriller will glue you to your chair, as private eye Elvis Cole--the star of strong and strong--faces his toughest case: the abduction of his girlfriends son, 10-year-old Ben Chenier, who was staying with Elvis when he was snatched.Panic at Bens disappearance turns to terror when the kidnapper phones to reveal his apparent motive, a dark secret from Elviss past. But the plot thickens and twists, and then twists again, as Elvis and his longtime buddy, tough guy Joe Pike, race the clock against a group of villains as sinister as they are capable. The author mixes Elviss first-person narration with third-person sections that describe other points of view--a risky technique, but Crais makes it work. He also does a fine job resurrecting the wisecracking Elvis of earlier books while imbuing him with a new depth and darkness. This dazzlingly plotted, crisply told story is threaded with real detection (what a rarity!) and peopled by characters you cant help but care about--including Carol Starkey, the haunted bomb-squad cop from Demolition Angel, whos now a juvenile-abduction detective. Crais has long been getting better with each book, and The Last Detective continues the pattern. --Nicholas H. AllisonFrom Publishers WeeklyElvis lives! Elvis Cole that is, Craiss iconoclastic, smart-aleck L.A. PI, last seen in Indigo Slam (1997). Violent and action-packed, this eighth book in the series has less of Coles usual wisecracking but all the intensity and convoluted plotting of his two recent stand-alone thrillers, Demolition Angel (2000) and Hostage (2001). Cole is babysitting Ben, the 10-year-old son of his lawyer lover, Lucy Chenier, when the boy is kidnapped. As Cole and his super-tough, enigmatic pal, Joe Pike, join the police in the search for Ben, Lucys obnoxious ex-husband, Richard, arrives from New Orleans with his own investigators. At first, the kidnappers imply theyre seeking revenge for atrocities Cole committed in Vietnam. Several powerful, beautifully written flashbacks to Coles horrendous Nam experiences and his troubled childhood follow. The narrative switches between Coles vivid first-person point-of-view and a third-person account of a brave, frightened Ben and his savage captors. As the kidnappers deadline nears and disturbing motives surface, the suspense becomes almost unbearable. The terrible, heartstopping climax is so well written that time seems to stop. Crais combines the thriller and private eye genres into a dazzling novel that is far more accomplished than the sum of its parts.br 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Title: The Executor Author: Jesse Kellerman File Type: Mobi Subject:Fiction:Thriller Description: Things aren t going well for Joseph Geist. He s broke. His graduate school advisor won t talk to him. And his girlfriend has kicked him out of her apartment, leaving him homeless and alone. It s a tough spot for a philosopher to be in, and he s ready to give up all hope of happiness when an ad in the local paper catches his eye. 'Conversationalist wanted', it reads. Which sounds perfect to Joseph. After all, he s never done anything in his life except talk. And the woman behind the ad turns out to be the perfect employer: brilliant, generous, and willing to pay him for making conversation. Before long, Joseph has moved in with her, and has begun to feel very comfortable in her big, beautiful house. So comfortable, in fact, that he would do anything to stay there forever.