num_pages: 400
description: Robert Crais (Free Fall, Monkey's Raincoat) returns with his eighth Elvis Cole mystery, L.A. Requiem, a breakneck caper that leaves the wise-cracking detective second-guessing himself. Cole's partner, the tight-lipped, charm-free Joe Pike, gets a call from his friend Frank "Tortilla" Garcia. Not only is Garcia a wealthy businessman, he's a political heavyweight and father of Karen, Joe's ex. Frank sends the gumshoe duo out to find his girl, but the boys are beaten to the punch by the men in blue: Karen is found in a park with a bullet in her brain. The two stay on the case, but when another murder points to Pike as a suspect, things take a turn for the worse. The boys on the force are all too willing to put Pike away -- he has a checkered past. When Cole attempts to save Pike, he finds a lot more than he bargained for.
language: English
title: L.A. Requiem
titlecomplete: L.A. Requiem (Elvis Cole, #8)
characters: Elvis Cole, Joe Pike
genres: Suspense, Crime, Detective, Action, Thriller, Fiction, Audiobook, Adult Fiction, Mystery, Mystery Thriller
ratings_count: 20442
places: California
series: Elvis Cole and Joe Pike
awards: awardedAt: 946713600000
name: Barry Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 946713600000
name: Macavity Award
category: Best Mystery Novel, awardedAt: 946713600000
name: Anthony Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 915177600000
name: Hammett Prize, awardedAt: 946713600000
name: Shamus Award
category: Best PI Novel, awardedAt: 946713600000
name: Dilys Award, awardedAt: 946713600000
name: Edgar Award
category: Best Novel
publisher: Doubleday Books