Indigo Slam

An Elvis Cole and Joe Pike Novel, Book 7

De: Robert Crais

Narrado por: David Stuart

Life in the California sun suits Elvis Cole - until the day a fifteen-year-old girl and her two younger siblings walk into his office. Then everything changes.

Three years ago, a Seattle family ran for their lives in a hail of bullets. Hired by three kids to find their missing father, Elvis now must pick up the cold pieces of a drama that began that night. What he finds is a sordid tale of high crimes and illicit drugs. As clues to a man's secret life emerge from the shadows, Elvis knows he's not just up against ruthless mobsters and some very angry Feds. He's facing a storm of desperation and conspiracy - bearing down on three children whose only crime was their survival...

©2006 Robert Crais (P)2006 Brilliance Audio

Reseñas de la Crítica

"Recommend Elvis and Joe to anyone who likes Spenser and Hawk or Dave Robicheaux and Clete Purcell."--Booklist

"David Stuart demonstrates considerable skill at fashioning character voices that are evocative but not overdone. He succeeds in capturing both Cole's easygoing nature and the tension of action scenes."--AudioFile

Narrator has probably never spent much time in L.A

Where does Indigo Slam rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

I usually listen to books that are fifteen hours or more. I enjoy the Elvis Cole books so I 8 hours is ok. It is not a great book but it is entertaining and I listed to it in only two days which is pretty fast for me.

Who was your favorite character and why?

Joe Pike. He is a man of few words.

What did you like about the performance? What did you dislike?

The performance was good but anyone who can't pronounce Sepulveda or La Cienega hasn't been around L.A. He pronounced it Sepul Veda it is Sa pal va da. Any way it gave me a good laugh.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

A few times the scenes with children and their father made me emotional.

Any additional comments?

I hope he keeps writing more Elvis Cole novels. Reminds me of potato chips: not great food but I can't leave them alone.

good

I got this audio book recently and listened again to the this Elvis Cole book. I have listen/read all Robert Crais' books. I really enjoyed it the second time around.

Entertaining

There isn't much special about this series. The protagonist is a fairly usual sort of P.I. in Los Angeles. His sidekick is a rather cartoonish tough guy who is mostly off screen. The plots are mostly plausible, with occasional excursions into the unlikely. The action scenes are action-y. And there is reasonable character development.

But this series is fun to read. I like Cole and Pike and I want to see them succeed. I like their clients and despise the villains.

If you're looking for a deep investigation of the human condition, this isn't it. But if you're looking for something without that much emotional baggage, I'd recommend the series.

A note about the narrator: he's generally quite good at evoking the character of Elvis Cole. But he really needs to do some serious research on how to pronounce the names of major streets in L.A. One would expect anyone who grew up watching Hollywood products to be able to pronounce Sepulveda and La Cienega at least close to correctly.

I have all the Elvis Cole books

Robert Crais is a genius mystery writer. if you don't like these books then you don't have good taste. You don't have to listen to them in order to understand the characters (which you will fall in love with I promise you ) but it does give you better insight to listen in order. but they're also great stand alone works. Crais makes the people in these stories seem real and there is always a twist at the end. the books aren't over sexed or have to much violence and they aren't bland or run out to long to make you loose interest. there is some foul language but that's something that can be over looked and I personally think it adds realism to the stories anyhow. I'm running out of room for praise however so I'll cut it off there

I love the series.

I love the series. But Mr. Crais needs to do some research on the Glock pistol. He has mentioned it twice in this series and both times he has made major mistakes about it.

The mispronunciations drove me crazy!

If you are going to have a story that takes place in LA, you should make sure the reader knows how to pronounce the names of streets and other local landmarks correctly. Sepulveda, La Cienega, Gelson's and other mispronunciations were throughout the story. And really, mispronouncing Oregon! Come on. I thought the story was great and I love snarky Elvis Cole but I won't listen to a book with this narrator again.

Much better narration

David Stuart seemed like a completely different narration compared to Sunset Express. It was much better. Love this book.

Great Book, Awesome Narrator

I love all of R Crais novels, and this one is no exception. My husband and I (and our son) particularly love the way David Stuart reads them. I'm actually going to "search" in Audible for more novels narrated by David Stuart- we like him that much :) .

A typical Crais story

This was a fine Cole/Pike story, rendered very well. My only criticism is that the ending was fairly predictable. There had to be an inside source who would identify himself at the very end.

Still love Pike

No the narrator isn’t my favorite but still love the story and the characters. I’d still recommend.