{"id":1931,"date":"2010-09-05T18:00:28","date_gmt":"2010-09-05T23:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=1931"},"modified":"2021-05-30T21:44:28","modified_gmt":"2021-05-31T01:44:28","slug":"chasing-darkness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/1931","title":{"rendered":"Chasing Darkness"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chasing Darkness<\/a><\/em> (2008) Robert Crais<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Elvis seems to have recovered from the events in The Forgotten Man<\/em>, however, life doesn’t seem to be interested in taking it easy on him. He’s sitting in his office when two cops storm on to demand his notes on a case from years ago. A man he had proved innocent of the murder of a young prostitute is found dead in his home, a horrifying photo album discovered with his corpse.<\/p>\n

One of the cops–incidentally the arresting officer in the original case who had forced a false confession from the man–gets in Elvis’ face and makes Elvis what to know what he possibly could have missed in the case.<\/p>\n

SPOILER (rot 13<\/a>)<\/strong>
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Bgurejvfr, V gubhtug gur ragver frg-hc naq cybg jnf snohybhf–V arire fnj Yril nf gur xvyyre, rira gubhtu nyy gur fvtaf jrer gurer.
\nEND SPOILER<\/strong><\/p>\n

I really enjoyed this story; it was good to see Elvis back to normal, and I enjoyed seeing some of the other characters from past stories make appearances.<\/p>\n

One note: I still DESPISE these “tall” paperbacks. HATE them.
\nRating: 8\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n

Published by Pocket<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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