L. A. Requiem (A Cole & Pike Novel)(Winner Of Dilys Award 2000

Description: The day starts like any other in L.A. The sun burns hot as the Santa Ana winds blow ash from mountain fires to coat the glittering city. But for private investigator Joe Pike, the city will never be the same again. His ex-lover, Karen Garcia, is dead, brutally murdered with a gun shot to the head.

Now Karen's powerful father calls on Pike (a former cop) and his partner, Elvis Cole, to keep an eye on the LAPD as they search for his daughter's killer--because in the luminous City of Angels, everyone has secrets, and even the mighty blue have something to hide. But what starts as a little procedural hand-holding turns into a deadly game of cat-and-mouse. For a dark web of conspiracy threatens to destroy Pike and Cole's twelve-year friendship--if not their lives. And L.A. just might be singing their dirge.


Prizes: Winner of Dilys Award 2000.
Short-listed for :
Anthony Awards (Novel) 2000
and Edgar Allan Poe Awards (Novel) 2000
and Macavity Award (Mystery Novel) 2000
and Shamus Award (Private Eye Novel) 2000.


Author Biography:
Robert Crais is the author of fourteen bestselling novels. He has won the Macavity and Anthony awards and been nominated for an Edgar. He lives in L.A. with his wife and daughter.