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1) Taken
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Hired along with Joe Pike to investigate the alleged kidnapping of a wealthy industrialist's son, Elvis Cole goes undercover to infiltrate a ring of professional border kidnappers only to be abducted himself.
Author
Series
Junior Bender volume 2
Publisher
Soho Teen
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
347 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
4) Blood grove
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
307 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
After being approached by a shell-shocked Vietnam War veteran who claims to have gotten into a fight protecting a white woman from a black man, Easy embarks on an investigation that takes him from mountaintops to the desert, through South Central and into sex clubs and the homes of the fabulously wealthy, facing hippies, the mob, and old friends perhaps more dangerous than anyone else.
6) The sentry
Author
Series
Language
English
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Description
Dru Rayne and her uncle are Louisiana refugees who relocated to Los Angeles after Hurricane Katrina. Now, five years after the storm, their struggling restaurant faces a different danger. When Joe Pike witnesses Dru's uncle beaten by a neighborhood gang intent on extorting protection money, he offers his own brand of protection. But neither Dru nor her uncle want his help--and neither do the federal agents mysteriously watching their store.
Author
Series
Joe Pike volume 2
Language
English
Description
Elvis Cole's taciturn partner, Joe Pike, investigates an attack on former associate Frank Meyer, a one-time mercenary whose family has been murdered by a professional hit crew and who police suspect has been keeping a dangerous secret.
Author
Series
Philip Marlowe volume 1
Publisher
Vintage Books
Pub. Date
1992
Physical Desc
231 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
When a case of blackmail involving the daughter of a California millionaire leads to murder, the inimitable Philip Marlowe is stirred into action as he becomes embroiled in a troublesome case of extortion complicated by kidnapping, pornography, seduction, and murder.
11) The watchman
Author
Series
Joe Pike volume 1
Publisher
Simon and Schuster
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
292 p. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Working as a bodyguard for a spoiled federal witness, Joe Pike hatches a desperate plan to disappear with the woman in the underworld of Los Angeles and turn on her would-be killers, an effort in which he enlists the help of private investigator Elvis Cole.
12) The high window
Author
Series
Philip Marlowe volume Book 3
Publisher
Vintage Books
Pub. Date
1992
Edition
1st Vintage crime/Black Lizard ed.
Physical Desc
265 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
A wealthy Pasadena widow with a mean streak, a missing daughter-in-law with a past, and a gold coin worth a small fortune -- the elements don't quite add up until Marlowe discovers evidence of murder, rape, blackmail, and the worst kind of human exploitation.
Author
Series
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
308 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
When a boxer-turned-revolutionary kidnaps the daughter of a weapons manufacturer and threatens to publicly execute her in exchange for a lucrative ransom, Easy Rawlins is tapped by the LAPD to make a difficult border crossing to navigate an ensuing standoff.
Author
Series
Elvis Cole volume 10
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
Private investigator Elvis Cole learns that the body of a stranger who claimed to be his father has been discovered, a situation that prompts him to team up with partner Joe Pike to unveil dark secrets surrounding Cole's past.
Author
Series
Elvis Cole volume 1
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
1992
Physical Desc
201 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Ellen Lang's husband Mort disappears with their son, she hires Elvis Cole to track him down. At the same time as police find Mort in his parked car with four gunshots in his chest--and no kid in sight--Ellen disappears. It's up to Elvis Cole and Joe Pike to find the connection between sleazy Hollywood players and an ex-Matador.
Author
Series
Publisher
Soho Teen
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
356 p. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Junior Bender is a burglar with a magic touch. Since he first started breaking into houses when he was fourteen years old, he's never once been caught. But now Junior is being blackmailed by Trey Annunziato, one of the most powerful crime bosses in LA, into taking on a new freelance job. Junior is to act as a private investigator on the set of the porn movie Trey's producing, which someone keeps sabotaging. If Junior can't keep the movie on track,...
17) Herbie's game
Author
Series
Publisher
Soho Crime
Pub. Date
c2014
Physical Desc
387 p. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"It's everyday business when Wattles, the San Fernando Valley's top 'executive crook,' sets up a hit. He establishes a chain of criminals to pass along the instructions and the money, thereby ensuring that the hitter doesn't know who hired him. Then one day Wattles finds his office safe open and a single item missing: the piece of paper on which he has written the names of the crooks in the chain. When people associated with the chain begin to pop...
Author
Series
Bosch volume 7
Language
English
Description
The LAPD asks Terrence McCaleb to investigate a series of puzzling murders and quickly discovers that the profile of the killer matches someone with whom he has worked with in the past--Detective Harry Bosch.
Author
Series
A Junior Bender mystery volume 5
Publisher
Soho Crime
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
390 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Los Angeles burglar Junior Bender is in the middle of burgling a house and has just gotten his hands on one of the world's rarest stamps when the job goes terrifically wrong. After barely escaping, Junior realizes the danger is far from over. He's gotten himself on the wrong side of a man whose name is synonymous with violence, and to save his own skin he's set off a chain reaction of blackmail, strong-arming, and escalating crime. To pay off his...
20) The promise
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Series
Language
English
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Description
"Loyalty, commitment, the fight against injustice--these are the things that have always driven Elvis Cole and Joe Pike. If they make a promise, they keep it. Even if it could get them killed. When Elvis Cole is hired to locate a woman who may have disappeared with a stranger she met online, it seems like an ordinary case--until Elvis learns the missing woman worked for a defense contractor and was being blackmailed to supply explosives components...