Robert Crais: Stalking The Angel (USA 2020)

From the Publisher:
Meet Elvis Cole, L.A. private eye... he quotes Jiminy Cricket and carries a .38. He's a literate, wisecreacking Vietnam vet who is determined never to grow up.

The blonde who walked into Cole's office was the bestlooking woman he'd seen in weeks. The only thing that kept her from rating a perfect "10" was the briefcase on one arm and the uptight hotel magnate on the other. Bradley Warren had lost something very valuable -- something that belonged to someone else: a rare thirteenth-century Japanese manuscript called the Hagakure.

Just about all Cole knew about Japanese culture he'd learned from reading Shogun, but he knew a lot about crooks -- and what he didn't know his sociopathic sidekick, Joe Pike, did. Together their search begins in L.A.'s Little Tokyo and the nest of notorious Japanese mafia, the yakuza, and leads to a white-knuckled adventure filled with madness, murder, sexual obsession, and a stunning double-whammy ending. For Elvis Cole, it's just another day's work.

Robert Crais: Stalking The Angel. An Elvis Cole and Joe Pike Novel. Ballantine Books, ISBN: 9780593157169 (January, 2020), 304 p., $9.99.

Robert Crais: Stalking The Angel (UK 2011)

From the Publisher:
Bradley Warren had lost something very valuable, something that belonged to someone else: a rare thirteenth-century Japanese manuscript called the Hagakure.

Everything PI Elvis Cole knew about Japanese culture he'd learned from reading SHOGUN, but he knew a lot of crooks - and what he didn't know, his sidekick Joe Pike did.

Together, Cole and Pike begin their search in L.A.'s Little Tokyo, the nest of the notorious Japanese mafia, the Yakuza - and find themselves caught up in a white-knuckled adventure filled with madness, murder and sexual obsession. Just another day's work for Elvis Cole...

The second blistering Elvis Cole novel from the bestselling author of THE FIRST RULE.

Robert Crais: Stalking The Angel. Chasing the truth - whatever the cost. Orion Books, ISBN: 9781409136538 (August, 2011), 256 p., £7.99.

Robert Crais: Stalking The Angel (USA 2011)

From the Publisher:
Meet Elvis Cole, L.A. private eye... he quotes Jiminy Cricket and carries a .38. He's a literate, wisecreacking Vietnam vet who is determined never to grow up.

The blonde who walked into Cole's office was the bestlooking woman he'd seen in weeks. The only thing that kept her from rating a perfect “10” was the briefcase on one arm and the uptight hotel magnate on the other. Bradley Warren had lost something very valuable -- something that belonged to someone else: a rare thirteenth-century Japanese manuscript called the Hagakure.

Just about all Cole knew about Japanese culture he'd learned from reading Shogun, but he knew a lot about crooks -- and what he didn't know his sociopathic sidekick, Joe Pike, did. Together their search begins in L.A.'s Little Tokyo and the nest of notorious Japanese mafia, the yakuza, and leads to a white-knuckled adventure filled with madness, murder, sexual obsession, and a stunning double-whammy ending. For Elvis Cole, it's just another day's work.

Robert Crais: Stalking The Angel. An Elvis Cole Novel. Crimeline, ISBN: 9780307789969 (April, 2011), eBook, 2.05 MB (ca. 288 p.), $7.99.

Robert Crais: Stalking The Angel (UK 1999)

From the Publisher:
Bradley Warren had lost something very valuable, something that belonged to someone else: a rare thirteenth-century Japanese manuscript called the Hagakure.

Everything PI Elvis Cole knew about Japanese culture he'd learned from reading SHOGUN, but he knew a lot of crooks - and what he didn't know, his sidekick Joe Pike did.

Together, Cole and Pike begin their search in LA's Little Tokyo, the nest of the notorious Japanese mafia, the Yakuza - and find themselves caught up in a white-knuckled adventure filled with madness, murder and sexual obsession. Just another day's work for Elvis Cole...

Robert Crais: Stalking The Angel. Orion Books, ISBN: 0752817019 (April, 1999), 225 p., £5.99.

Robert Crais: Stalking The Angel (USA 1992)

From the Publisher:
Introduced in The Monkey's Raincoat, L.A. private eye Elvis Cole has a smart mouth, a flair for martial arts, a passion for truth, and a borderline sociopath for a partner. When a ruthless hotel magnate hires Cole to find a priceless Japanese manuscript, Cole heads into a nest of notorious Yakuza in the heart of L.A.'s Little Tokyo.

Robert Crais: Stalking The Angel. An Elvis Cole Novel. Bantam Books, ISBN: 0553286447 (April, 1992), 260 p., $7.99.

Robert Crais: Stalking The Angel (USA 1989)

From the Publisher:
Elvis Cole is a literate Vietnam vet who quotes Jiminy Cricket, drinks from a Spider-Man mug, and carries a Dan Wesson .38. He's the smart-mouthed Los Angeles private eye who made his debut in The Monkey's Raincoat, a novel that raked in the Anthony and Macavity awards and nominations for the Edgar and Shamus awards. Now Cole returns in a lethal scam in which he tangles with the ruthless Japanese mafia and a sinister shadow game of sexual obsession, a game whose terrifying consequences ignite a high-tension thriller.

STALKING THE ANGEL
The blonde who walked into Cole's office was the best-looking woman he had seen in weeks. She had a briefcase on one arm and an uptight corporate hotel magnate named Bradley Warren on the other. If it hadn't been for the blonde's smile and the blank check Warren offered, Cole would have told him to go stuff it.

Bradley Warren has lost something very valuable that belongs to someone else -- an eighteenth-century Japanese manuscript called the Hagakure. The book outlines proper behavior for a samurai. It is also worth three million bucks. Somebody took it from Warren's safe at his Beverly Hills mansion. Cole's job is simply to get it back.

Just about all Cole knows about Japanese culture is what he learned from reading Shōgun. But he knows a lot about crooks -- and what he doesn't know, his borderline-sociopath partner, Joe Pike, does.

Their search for the Hagakure leads them straight into L.A.'s Little Tokyo and the nest of the notorious yakuza, the Japanese mafia -- a vicious bunch trained in the Bushido, the warrior's way.

Stalking the Angel is a detective story with something for everyone: deadly high jinks, secrets of the Orient, sex, and madness, all wrapped up with a stinging double-whammy ending. Elvis plays it cool and serves it up at white heat, and the result is a sizzling novel of suspense in which everyone is guilty of something, a novel that will keep you reading into the wee hours of the morning, private eye fiction at its finest.

ROBERT CRAIS lives with his family in the Santa Monica mountains. His first novel, The Monkey's Raincoat, won both the Anthony and Macavity awards and was nominated for every other major award in the mystery field. He is currently at work on his third Elvis Cole novel, Lullaby Town.

Robert Crais: Stalking The Angel. An Elvis Cole Novel. Bantam Books, ISBN: 0553057138 (September, 1989), 231 p., $16.95.