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Собрание сочинений [24 книги] Год выпуска: 1987 - 2024 г. Автор: Robert Crais / Роберт Крайс (Крейс) Категория: Детектив,триллер Язык курса: Английский Формат: EPUB Качество: Изначально компьютерное (eBook) Описание: Роберт Крайс родился в 1954 году в Батон-Руж, штат Луизиана, США, а в 1976 году уехал в Голливуд, где начал писать сценарии для сериалов Блюз Хилл-стрит, Кегни и Лейси и Полиция Майами. За сценарий Блюз Хилл-стрит он был номинирован на премию Эмми.
В 1980-х годах Крайс решил оставить телевидение и попробовать себя как романист. Ранние его попытки оказались неудачными, но смерть отца в 1985 году сподвигла его на создание персонажа Элвиса Коула, прототипом которого его отец являлся. Книга с этим персонажем, The Monkey's Raincoat, в 1988 году получила Anthony Award как Лучший первый роман и Mystery Readers International Macavity Award как Лучший роман в мягкой обложке.
Элвис Коул в романах Крайса — бывший рейнджер, парень со стальными нервами, добрым сердцем и обаянием его тёзки Элвиса Пресли. Также есть коллега Элвиса Джо Пик, известный тем, что никогда не улыбается.
В марте 2005 года на экраны вышел фильм Заложник, первая голливудская экранизация романа Роберта Крайса. Главные роли в фильме исполнили актеры Брюс Уиллис, Кевин Поллак и Бен Фостер.
Вместе со своей семьей Крайс живет в доме в горах Санта-Моники, Калифорния.
Библиография, раздаваемые книги, награды (русский перевод)
Elvis Cole/Joe Pike novels
1. The Monkey's Raincoat -- 1987 (Зверь, который во мне живет)
• Anthony Award winner
• Macavity Award winner
• Edgar Award nominee
• Shamus Award nominee
2. Stalking the Angel -- 1989 ( В погоне за ангелом)
3. Lullaby Town -- 1992 ( Смертельные игры)
• Anthony Award nominee
• Shamus Award nominee
4. Free Fall -- 1993 ( Шанс быть убитым)
• Edgar Award nominee
5. Voodoo River -- 1995 (Река Вуду)
6. Sunset Express -- 1996 (Победитель получает все)
• Shamus Award winner
• Publishers Weekly – Best Books of 1996 selection
7. Indigo Slam -- 1997
• Shamus Award nominee
8. L.A. Requiem -- 1999
• Dilys Award winner
• Edgar Award nominee
• Anthony Award nominee
• Shamus Award nominee
9. The Last Detective -- 2003
• Audie Award Finalist
10. The Forgotten Man -- 2005
• Shamus Award nominee
11. The Watchman -- 2007
• The Barry Award winner – Best Thriller 2007
• Mystery Ink Gumshoe Award winner – Best Thriller 2007
• Anthony Award nominee
• International Thriller Writers Thriller Award nominee
12. Chasing Darkness -- 2008
• Southern California Independent Booksellers Association – Best Mystery Award nominee
13. The First Rule -- 2010
14. The Sentry -- 2011
15. Taken -- 2012
16. The Promise -- 2015
17. The Wanted -- 2017
18. A Dangerous Man -- 2019
19. Racing the Light -- 2022
20. The Big Empty -- 2024 Other novels
1. Demolition Angel -- 2000 (Ангел разрушения)
• Mary Higgins Clark Award nominee
2. Hostage --—2001 (Заложник)
• New York Times Book Review – Notable Book
3. The Two-Minute Rule --—2006 (Правило двух минут)
• Best Crime Novel of the Year – London Evening Standard
• Top Ten Best Crime Novels of the Year – Otto Penzler, New York Sun
• Top Ten Best Crime Novels of the Year – Oline Cogdill, Sun-Sentinel
• Best Books of 2006 – January Magazine
• Audie Award Finalist
4. Suspect --- 2013
Добавил The Promise (2015) : Elvis Cole and Joe Pike are joined by Suspect heroes LAPD K-9 Officer Scott James and his German shepherd, Maggie, in the new heart-stopping thriller from #1 New York Times-bestselling author Robert Crais.
Loyalty, commitment, and the fight for justice have always driven Elvis Cole and Joe Pike. If they make a promise, they keep it. Even if it could get them killed.
When Elvis Cole is secretly hired to find a grief-stricken mother, he's led to an ordinary house on a rainy night in Echo Park. Only the house isn't ordinary, and the people hiding inside are a desperate fugitive and a murderous criminal with his own dangerous secrets.
As helicopters swirl overhead, Scott and Maggie track the fugitive to this same house, coming face-to-face with Mr. Rollins, a killer who leaves behind a brutally murdered body and enough explosives to destroy the neighborhood. Scott is now the only person who can identify him, but Mr. Rollins has a rule: Never leave a witness alive.
For all of them, the night is only beginning.
Sworn to secrecy by his client, Elvis finds himself targeted by the police even as Mr. Rollins targets Maggie and Scott. As Mr. Rollins closes in for the kill, Elvis and Joe join forces with Scott and Maggie to follow a trail of lies where no one is who they claim -- and the very woman they promised to save might get them all killed.
Добавил The Wanted (Elvis Cole & Joe Pike 17, 2017) : Investigator Elvis Cole and his partner Joe Pike take on the deadliest case of their lives in the new masterpiece of suspense from #1 New York Times-bestselling author Robert Crais. It seemed like a simple case—before the bodies started piling up...
When single-mother Devon Connor hires Elvis Cole, it’s because her troubled teenage son Tyson is flashing cash and she’s afraid he’s dealing drugs. But the truth is devastatingly different. With two others, he’s been responsible for a string of high-end burglaries, a crime spree that takes a deadly turn when one of them is murdered and Tyson and his girlfriend disappear.
They stole the wrong thing from the wrong man, and, determined to get it back, he has hired two men who are smart and brutal and the best at what they do.
To even the odds, Cole brings in his friend Joe Pike, but even the two of them together may be overmatched. The police don’t want them anywhere near the investigation, the teenagers refuse to be found, and the hired killers are leaving a trail of bodies in their wake. Pretty soon, they’ll find out everything they need to know to track the kids down—and then nothing that Elvis or Joe can do may make any difference. It might even get them killed.
Добавил A Dangerous Man (Elvis Cole & Joe Pike 18, 2019) : A brilliant new crime novel from the beloved, bestselling, and award-winning master of the genre--and Joe Pike's most perilous case to date. Joe Pike didn't expect to rescue a woman that day. He went to the bank same as anyone goes to the bank, and returned to his Jeep. So when Isabel Roland, the lonely young teller who helped him, steps out of the bank on her way to lunch, Joe is on hand when two men abduct her. Joe chases them down, and the two men are arrested. But instead of putting the drama to bed, the arrests are only the beginning of the trouble for Joe and Izzy.
After posting bail, the two abductors are murdered and Izzy disappears. Pike calls on his friend, Elvis Cole, to help learn the truth. What Elvis uncovers is a twisted family story that involves corporate whistleblowing, huge amounts of cash, the Witness Relocation Program, and a long line of lies. But what of all that did Izzy know? Is she a perpetrator or a victim? And how far will Joe go to find out?
Добавил Racing the Light (Elvis Cole & Joe Pike 19, 2022) : *On Reader's Digest's list of "30 new books we can't wait to read in 2022"* Private investigator Elvis Cole and his enigmatic partner Joe Pike are back on the case in this brilliant new thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Robert Crais.
Добавил The Big Empty (Elvis Cole & Joe Pike 20, 2024) : Elvis Cole and his enigmatic partner, Joe Pike, race to find a terrifying, unidentified killer in this twisting, unpredictable thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Robert Crais.
Traci Beller was thirteen when her father disappeared in the sleepy town of Rancha, not far from Los Angeles. The evidence says Tommy Beller abandoned his family, but Traci never believed it. Now, ten years later, Traci is a high-profile influencer with millions of followers and the money to hire the best detective she can find: Elvis Cole.
Elvis heads to Rancha where an ex-con named Sadie Givens and her daughter, Anya, might have a line on the missing man. But when Elvis finds himself shadowed by a gang of vicious criminals, the missing persons cold case becomes far more sinister. Elvis calls his ex-Marine friend, Joe Pike, for help, and they follow Tommy Beller's trail into the depths of a monstrous, hidden evil. The case flips on its head, victims become predators, predators become prey, and the question becomes: Can Elvis Cole save them all from this nightmare?
