Indigo Slam by
Robert Crais
Published by Orion
(Orion)
Even the toughest private eye has his Achilles heel. For Elvis Cole, the
self-styled World's Greatest Detective, the weak point comes in the shape
of three kids whose only surviving parent has gone missing. When 15 year
old Teri Hewitt tries to hire him, he knows he should call social services.
But before he can reach for the phone, he's ensnared.
What looks like a straightforward missing person search takes on terrifying
new dimensions when Elvis realises Clark Hewitt is not only a world-class
currency forger but also a fugitive from the FBI's witness protection
programme and he's not the only person on his trail. The Russian mafia, the
US Marshalls and Clark's new employers all want a piece of the action. As
if that's not enough, somebody is determined to block his girlfriend's move
to LA to be with him.
With cool, witty prose, Crais takes his readers on a dramatically
entertaining tour of the dark side of human nature. Scathing without being
cynical, heart-warming without being sentimental, but above all tenacious
to the point of madness, Elvis Cole is probably the most enjoyable private
eye currently pounding the mean streets of America.
(
Val McDermid
- 1995 Gold Dagger winner and creator of the highly acclaimed Kate Brannigan, Lindsay Gordon and Tony Hill series. Val's reviews originally appear in the Manchester Evening News)
