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    Lullaby Town
    Lullaby Town
    Lullaby Town
    Audiobook8 hours

    Lullaby Town

    Written by Robert Crais

    Narrated by Mel Foster

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    About this audiobook

    “Quick, cutting wit . . . a keen ear.”—The New York Times Book Review

    Hollywood’s newest wunderkind is Peter Alan Nelsen, the brilliant, erratic director known as the King of Adventure.

    His films make billions, but his manners make enemies. What the boy king wants, he gets, and what Nelsen wants is for Elvis to comb the country for the wife and infant child the film-school flunkout dumped en route to becoming the third-biggest filmmaker in America. It’s the kind of case Cole can handle in his sleep—until it turns out to be a nightmare. For when Cole finds Nelsen’s ex-wife in a small Connecticut town, she’s nothing like he expects. She has some unwanted—and very nasty—mob connections, which means Elvis could be opening an East Coast branch of his P.I. office...at the bottom of the Hudson River.

    “Elvis [Cole] is the greatest . . . [ he is] perhaps the best detective to come along since Travis McGee.”—San Diego Tribune

    “[Crais is] far better at the private-eye-novel racket than most writers.”—Newsweek

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrilliance Audio
    Release dateMay 2, 2008
    ISBN9781423356431
    Lullaby Town
    Author

    Robert Crais

    Robert Crais is the author of the bestselling Cole & Pike novels. A native of Louisiana, Crais moved to Hollywood in the late 70s where he began a successful career in television, writing scripts for such major series as Cagney & Lacey, Miami Vice and Hill Street Blues. In the mid 80s, Crais created a series of crime novels based around the characters Cole & Pike. In addition, Crais has also written several bestselling standalone thrillers. Robert Crais lives in LA with his wife and family.

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    • 4/5
      Elvis Cole is out to locate the ex-wife of Hollywood director Peter Alan Nelsen. When he does find her he discovers she has other more pressing problems before she can consider a meeting between her, her son and Nelsen. Pike steps in to lend a hand and it becomes a roller coaster ride to the finish. Fast-paced and enjoyable.
    • 4/5
      This series is always good.
    • 4/5
      Once again, Elvis Cole and Joe Pike score a win! The combination of intellect, humor, toughness and compassion make for great detective characters. This time around, the search for a mother and child, initiated by a fatuous Hollywood movie mogul, turns into much more. Excellent read!
    • 3/5
      Lullaby Town, a dark drive down somerockspotted track. We are silent. Killers.With gloves from the farmer’s wife we trudgeto a cold outbuilding, strip-lit and grey.Machines and men turn in the shed next door.Protests and filthy jokes from the doomed birds.A lesson from the farmer. The upturned turkeytwo days from celebration, yawning redfrom the pause of his last interrupted sentence.The floor darkening and the farmer’s instructionslost in our comprehension of Christmas lunch.With one smooth rip the bird is stripped to cook.The room spins with sudden birds, headless andwarm against our rubber hands. We stamp ourfeet in hope of circulation, kicking crimsonfeathers in some pillow fight between our knees.The sun not yet risen over the morning hill.Our tea drunk quietly. Our lunch quieter still.
    • 4/5
      People who read my reviews will know that I'm not a fan of literary fiction. Elmore Leonard has a list of rules on writing, one of those rules is to leave out the parts that people skip. Literary fiction is loaded with those parts you want to skip. Robert Crais must be a fan of Leonard as well.

      The last book I started to read was a literary fiction author trying to write a crime thriller. Lullaby Town is Robert's example of why literary fiction authors can't make the switch to genre fiction.

      Elvis and Pike are back, this time sorting out what should have been a simple family reunion, but ends up with the New York mafia wanting them dead. My only regret with finishing this novel is that my pile of Crais books have now been read and I have to buy the rest before reading more.
    • 4/5
      An over-the-top Hollywood director hires Cole to look for his ex-wife and son. It turns out there was a reason she was his ex-wife. The wife is involved in something else and Cole gets involved in trying to extricate her from the mess.
      Entertaining, except for the over-drawn husband.
    • 3/5
      Elvis Cole is approached by famous film director, Peter Alan Nelsen, to find his ex-wife and son whom he has not seen in 12 years. Elvis quickly locates then in Connecticut but when he approaches Karen, the Ex, she denies she is the Ex. Curious, Elvis follows her and notes she fears the man whom she meets and from whom she accepts a package. Eventually Elvis finds out she is being forced to launder money for the Mafia.She accepts Elvis's help to get her out of trouble without involving the police thus avoiding the witness protection program and a major disruption of her life.Meanwhile, her self-centered husband gets involved and screws things up leading to a couple of shootouts. Cole & his partner, Joe Pike, save the day and restore Karen to the life she had made for herself & son before the Mafia got hold of her.Great read with lots of humour from Elvis's snappy retorts.
    • 4/5
      Elvis Cole is your modern day(ish) equivalent to Philip Marlowe with the exception of having Joe Pike, his partner, to call on in case of emergencies. In this, his third outing, Elvis will once again need Joe's help as a case of a missing person escalates into confrontation with the Mafia. Peter Alan Nelsen, current bigshot direct du jour, hires Elvis to find the ex-wife and son he left 10 years ago and hasn't seen or heard from since. Despite a distinct lack of information at the outset, it's not long before Elvis finds out where they are and flies off to New York to go say hello. That's when the trouble really starts.Another fast-paced action thriller told in small chapters which are used to build tension to good effect. Cole is an easy to like detective of the wise-cracking variety and his taciturn partner almost manages to crack a smile this time around. I doubt I could read too many of these in a row but good to visit with every now and again.
    • 5/5
      The third book in the Elvis Cole series continues the improvement seen in the second book. The wisecracks are less intrusive and on occasion are actually quite funny while the bad guys possess just enough malice and threat to keep the story poised on edge just in case one of the good guys buys the farm. One of those books that when you're reaching the conclusion and you're feeling tired at 1 in the moring you have to decide whether to persevere and see it through to its conclusion or hold off so that you actually savour the ending - I chose the latter. Recommended.
    • 3/5
      I love Crais' books and have read the other two Cole books in the series but I have to say that this one kinda dragged. Didn't hold me like the others did - hope the rest of the series is better.Back Cover Blurb:Peter Alan Nelsen is a brilliant but erratic director who's been crowned Hollywood's King of Adventure. His films make billions, but his manners make enemies. Surrounded by yes-men and a gorgeous bodyguard named Dani, no one says no to Peter Alan Nelsen - except Elvis Cole.Nelsen wants to find the wife and child he dumped en route to becoming the third most powerful filmmaker in America. It's the kind of case Cole can handle in his sleep - until it turns out to be a nightmare. For Nelsen's ex-wife is nothing like Cole expected. And she has a dark, threatening secret....
    • 4/5
      Private Investigator, Elvis Cole, takes on a case to locate an ex-wife and son of a famous filmmaker. It takes him from his hometown of Los Angeles to Connecticut, where he quickly locates them. Major problems arise due to the ex-wife's profession, causing Cole to call in his partner, Joe Pike, for assistance.Filling in the missing books of the Elvis Cole series brings me to #3. I enjoyed this one more so than #2. The quips were delivered with good timing and made me giggle. I could have done without a portion of the story line, because I'm simply just tired of that scenario, but it worked. Hopefully, #4 (providing I didn't read that one) will continue the series on the upswing. (3.75/5)Originally posted on: "Thoughts of Joy..."
    • 4/5
      3rd book in the Elvis Cole series - another nice fast read, however, Elvis is far funnier when he is at home in LA, I guess the cold east coast just takes the humour right out of people
    • 3/5
      Another Elvis Cole novel from Robert Crais; this one begins with Elvis being hired by a Peter Nelsen, sphincterish Hollywood mogul, to track down the young woman whom he had married and left, along with their son. Elvis finds her surprisingly easily, so there's obviously some complication coming. It turns out she's gained a responsible position in a Connecticut bank by laundering money for a New York crime family.Elvis, and his loquacious partner Joe Pike, must try to extricate Karen from the mob before she can deal with Peter. The usual sorts of Elvis Cole shenanigans ensue, including smart-ass wit, clever deductions, and lots of gunfire. A quick and easy read that doesn't require much of a contribution from the reader.
    • 4/5
      Good book. Fun and fast.
    • 3/5
      Bundled with Stalking the Angel and Monkey's Raincoat It becomes repetitive after a while and while it's not a bad read but a bit predictable.