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I’ve been reading Crais since college and have all of the books - Bob is one of my favorite authors of all time. I truly mean that. I was fortunate enough to meet him at a book signing three years ago and it was one of the most exciting things to do, meeting an author hero.

Elvis (maybe not so much mysterious Joe) feels like an old friend at this point - I can hear his witty banter and wise-cracking retorts in my head in public places. He channels me charisma and humor in difficult situations. When A-holes try to have their way with me, I often finding myself regurtating replies which lands me further in trouble. In Crais’ last two books this Elvis has really been absent - where has he gone?

While certainly a noticible improvement over the empty “Promise”, The Wanted still comes across as a thrown-together, lackluster effort compared to some of Bob’s earlier works (check out Lullaby Town or Stalking the Angel for some of his best). The plot was fairly well crafted, with an exception of one, seemingly uncharacteristically careless move by Elvis near the 3rd act - but the beautiful, engaging character/location/character-thought descriptions have been missing for some time now. How nice it used to be to hear Elvis’ wandering thoughts and deep pondering of the universe as he drove. The reliable wise cracks and internal picking-fun when we’d meet random strangers along the story (I’m looking at you apartment manager in The Monkey’s a Raincoat). The mystery would normally be laid in real thick with Pike, an empty office foreshadowed and well-paced call backs from previous adventures would truly build to introductions of a character who could form from smoke - without further explination needed. The prelude, wind-up, and tee-ball serving of Pike here is lackluster. It’s great to see the return of some additional characters, but nothing like their roles in The Sentry, Voodoo River, or even a still missing Lou.

Respectfully, I hope Bob is happy. Perhaps it’s time, age, or a lack of variety - I haven’t written the same characters for ~30 years so perhaps it’s hard to keep fresh. It’s normal to want to try new things. But the story and writing here isn’t the same as the young, hungry Crais who wrote some of the finest, wittiest, engaging detective novels ever to grace L.A. as his first works did.

The thought of Elvis ever retiring makes my stomach turn. I frequently, frequently re-read all of Crais’ works up to Taken (great bromance of Elvis and Joe). I have to think however at this point that perhaps with age Elvis has truly lost a step. At least we still have the older works.


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The Wanted An Elvis Cole and Joe Pike Novel Robert Crais Books Reviews

The World’s Greatest Detective, Elvis Cole, is at it again, and it’s as if we are right back in those long ago early days of the series. Crais still has his sense of humor intact, thus so does Elvis. He is the same sarcastic, frustrated, secretive, stubborn guy he always has been. Joe Pike plays a very small part in this one, but ha hasn’t changed either. As an Angeleno I appreciate the local references, but this story could have happened anywhere. There are a few bones thrown to us loyal readers, such as Cindy, Ben and Lucy coming in for cameo roles, so it seems just like old times. Read this one as a stand-alone if you’ve never read a book in this series— then go back and read them all!
As others have remarked, this feels phoned in or ghost written. I've read at least 20 Crais novels and have never been disappointed till now.
“The Wanted” is Robert Crais’ latest Elvis Cole/Joe Pike adventure and it is a welcome addition to his addicting series. The Cole/Pike team , along with Burke’s Dave Robicheaux/Clete Purcel and Harlan Coben’s Myron Bolitar/Win Lockwood are easily some of the most satisfying and enjoyable buddy series out there for fans of suspense thrillers.

In “The Wanted”, Cole is hired by a distraught mother to find where her teenage son, Tyson, is getting all the money and bling he is flashing. Soon, Elvis is neck deep in drama as he discovers that Tyson and two other teens have been burglarizing high profile homes and fencing much of the loot that they don’t keep. Unfortunately, they have stolen something very valuable that a very wealthy man wants back at any cost and he hires two highly experienced killers to get it back.

Bodies begin to pile up, including one of the teenagers as the other two go into hiding. Elvis and Joe are caught in a race against the clock to find the two teens who don’t want to be found, cut a deal with investigating detectives, solve the mystery of the missing computer, and, by the way, keep from getting killed. As usual, Crais mixes fully fleshed characters and a credible plot with violence, humanity and a little humor to capture the reader’s interest and buy-in. “The Wanted” and the entire Elvis Cole/Joe Pike series is highly recommended
I always liked this series, but the last few have been pretty formulaic. No mystery here just a long chase scene with lots of eyeroliing moments of Cole being nice to the forgotten, the belittled and the unwashed. Unlikable and hackneyed victims and a paint-by-numbers pair of psychopaths. If you’ve read the last four Cole books you have read this one. Lots of hugs and arm squeezes and validation for everyone while the paper thin plot rushes toward the inevitable moment when Pike saves Cole. And I dig that Pike is remote but he’s barely here st all this time.
Devon is a single mother of a troubled son, Jason. Devon discovered a $40,000 watch and expensive clothes in Jason's room and his mother's intuition believed Jason is in trouble. Devon hires the World's Greatest Detective, Elvis Cole.
Elvis, through his skills as a private investigator, discovered that Jason and his young friends, burglarized homes of wealthy and important victims, similar to the "Bling Ring." Additionally, the wrong home was hit and two hired dangerous thugs (One big, the other bigger) are on the trail to get the stolen property back. The body counts start and this job is perhaps the most dangerous job that Elvis and Joe take.
The Wanted was released on December 26, 2017 and this book was a present from me, to me.
Robert Crais is a gifted author and I read all of his books. The Wanted is a fast-paced thriller. I enjoyed the plot and all of the characters.
I highly recommend The Wanted and would like to suggest, if the reader has not read a Elvis Cole, Joe Pike novel, that they started from earlier novels.
I’ve been reading Crais since college and have all of the books - Bob is one of my favorite authors of all time. I truly mean that. I was fortunate enough to meet him at a book signing three years ago and it was one of the most exciting things to do, meeting an author hero.

Elvis (maybe not so much mysterious Joe) feels like an old friend at this point - I can hear his witty banter and wise-cracking retorts in my head in public places. He channels me charisma and humor in difficult situations. When A-holes try to have their way with me, I often finding myself regurtating replies which lands me further in trouble. In Crais’ last two books this Elvis has really been absent - where has he gone?

While certainly a noticible improvement over the empty “Promise”, The Wanted still comes across as a thrown-together, lackluster effort compared to some of Bob’s earlier works (check out Lullaby Town or Stalking the Angel for some of his best). The plot was fairly well crafted, with an exception of one, seemingly uncharacteristically careless move by Elvis near the 3rd act - but the beautiful, engaging character/location/character-thought descriptions have been missing for some time now. How nice it used to be to hear Elvis’ wandering thoughts and deep pondering of the universe as he drove. The reliable wise cracks and internal picking-fun when we’d meet random strangers along the story (I’m looking at you apartment manager in The Monkey’s a Raincoat). The mystery would normally be laid in real thick with Pike, an empty office foreshadowed and well-paced call backs from previous adventures would truly build to introductions of a character who could form from smoke - without further explination needed. The prelude, wind-up, and tee-ball serving of Pike here is lackluster. It’s great to see the return of some additional characters, but nothing like their roles in The Sentry, Voodoo River, or even a still missing Lou.

Respectfully, I hope Bob is happy. Perhaps it’s time, age, or a lack of variety - I haven’t written the same characters for ~30 years so perhaps it’s hard to keep fresh. It’s normal to want to try new things. But the story and writing here isn’t the same as the young, hungry Crais who wrote some of the finest, wittiest, engaging detective novels ever to grace L.A. as his first works did.

The thought of Elvis ever retiring makes my stomach turn. I frequently, frequently re-read all of Crais’ works up to Taken (great bromance of Elvis and Joe). I have to think however at this point that perhaps with age Elvis has truly lost a step. At least we still have the older works.