The Monkey's Raincoat

The Monkey’s Raincoat is the first novel in the Elvis Cole series by Robert Crais. Elvis Cole is a private detective in Los Angeles who, along with his part-time partner, Joe Pike, takes on cases at a lower rate than most of the private detectives in the area. In this book, Elvis is contacted by Ellen Lang whose husband, Mort, and nine year old son, Perry, are missing. Mort owns a talent agency and has dealings with some shady characters. Elvis finds out about some of these characters while investigating the case and finds several obstacles along the way he has to overcome. Will he be able to find Mort and Perry?

This story was originally published back in 1987 and there are references to music, movies, television shows and other trends that were popular back then. There is humor mixed in with plenty of action and keeps readers’ attention.

If interested in reading this book, you can purchase it in various formats from the following sites:

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Monkeys-Raincoat-Elvis-Cole-Novel-ebook/dp/B004JN1D1O/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1524700259&sr=1-1&keywords=the+monkey%27s+raincoat

Barnes & Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/monkeys-raincoat-robert-crais/1100013688?ean=9780553275858#/

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