The Forgotten Man, by Robert Crais
The Forgotten Man is a crime novel by Robert Crais, 10th in a row featuring “the worlds greatest detective” Elvis Cole and his charismatic partner Joe Pike, an ex-marine. In this thrilling novel story unfolds around Elvis Cole’s unsolved secret from his past — his father whom he searched all his childhood and was never able to find.
After the events in The Last Detective, Cole is still “hiding” in his home, trying to endure media climax and grief inflicted on him after his last case. One night he receives a call from LAPD, informing him that they’ve found an injured man who — before he died due to inflicted wounds —, stated that Elvis Cole is his son and he’s come to LA to look for him.
When Cole sees dead man face he doesn’t buy the “father” story, but not being sure what to believe he sets off to investigate the case together with his partner Joe Pike and LAPD detective Carol Starkey (who already featured main role in Roberts Crais Demolition Angel novel). As Cole digs deeper and deeper into dead man’s history, trying to discover his real identity and trace his killer, he triggers an avalanche of events, too late realizing the truth about this case.
The Forgotten Man is once again an excellent crime novel by Robert Crais. It’s spectacular and thrilling climax will make this book hard to put down and an pleasure to read for any crime novel fan.
— Regards, Milan J.
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