{"id":9003,"date":"2017-04-01T20:40:18","date_gmt":"2017-04-02T00:40:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=9003"},"modified":"2018-04-26T09:49:53","modified_gmt":"2018-04-26T13:49:53","slug":"sunset-express-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/9003","title":{"rendered":"Sunset Express"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sunset Express<\/a><\/em> (1996) Robert Crais<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Book six of the Elvis Cole series.<\/p>\n

A high profile murder of the wife of a very rich businessman brings in a high-profile lawyer. When they hire Elvis Cole to look into the arresting officer, everything seems to be going normally, until suddenly it all gets strange.<\/p>\n

In the middle of this, Lucy Chenier and her son Ben come for a working visit (Lucy working, Ben vacationing).<\/p>\n

I said, \u201cHow do you know it was me? Maybe it was an imposter.\u201d <\/p>\n

Lucy crossed her arms and considered me. \u201cNow that you mention it, the man on television was devastatingly handsome and darkly mysterious.\u201d <\/p>\n

I said, \u201cOh. That was me.\u201d <\/p>\n

Lucy was beaming. \u201cWe just turned on the news and there you were.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

There are so many little things I like about this story. Take this bit.<\/p>\n

A homeless man with a shopping cart filled with neatly folded cardboard squares was seated beneath the phone, but he graciously moved aside when I told him I needed to make some calls. He said, \u201cPlease feel free. It is, after all, a public instrument.\u201d He was wearing spats.
\n…
\nThe homeless man said, \u201cYou see? When we force events we corrupt them. Your flexibility allowed events to unfold in a way that pleases you. We know this as synchronicity.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019re a very wise man. Thank you.\u201d <\/p>\n

He spread his hands. \u201cTo possess great wisdom obliges one to share it. Enjoy.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

That is such a marvelous bit. It kinda makes me wish I was a big burly guy so I can talk to strangers without fear.<\/p>\n

Plus, I love his cat.<\/p>\n

(T)he cat walked in. He froze in the center of the kitchen floor and growled. <\/p>\n

I said, \u201cKnock that off.\u201d <\/p>\n

He moved through the kitchen, stopping every couple of steps, his cat nose working and the growl soft in his chest. I said, \u201cWe\u2019re going to have guests for a few days, and if you bite or scratch either one of them it will go hard for you.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I miss my cat, who could also be a jerk.<\/p>\n

This is the first book where there is no mention of past military service in Vietnam. (I’m keeping track because I know it happens in at least two other mystery series.)<\/p>\n

Joe Pike is six foot one, with long ropey muscles, dark hair cut short, and bright red arrows tattooed on the outside of each deltoid. He got the tattoos in a faraway place long before it was stylish for rock stars and TV actors and Gen X rave queens to flash skin art.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Elvis is completely himself in this book–he’s in love with Lucy and not afraid to show it, he’s still a smart-ass, but gets in less trouble. The mystery is good, the dialog is sharp, and it’s just a fun book.
\nRating: 9\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

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