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    Voodoo River
    Voodoo River
    Voodoo River
    Audiobook9 hours

    Voodoo River

    Written by Robert Crais

    Narrated by Mel Foster

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    About this audiobook

    L.A. private eye Elvis Cole is hired by popular television star Jodie Taylor to delve into her past and identify the biological parents who gave her up for adoption thirty-six years before. Cole's assignment is to find out their biological history and report back.

    It seems all too clear cut. But when he gets to Louisiana and begins his search, he finds that there's something much darker going on. Other people are also looking for Taylor's parents, and some are ending up dead.

    And when Cole realizes that his employer knew more than she was telling, Voodoo River becomes a twisting tale of identity, secrets, and murder.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrilliance Audio
    Release dateJul 4, 2008
    ISBN9781423356615
    Voodoo River
    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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    • 3/5
      Contains two major story arcs that have very little in common and when forced together in a novel it makes somewhat a mess of both.
    • 5/5
      Loved the humor and story line. Great read and plan to read more.
    • 5/5
      High quality read!
    • 4/5
      Another good book in a great series.
    • 3/5
      Good story but the PC and anti Christian ranting is goofy.
    • 4/5
      Elvis and Joe are hired by a famous actress and her agent to find out about her bio parents who are from a small Louisiana town. When Elvis arrives to discovers that someone has been checking out the story before him and there seems to be something else going on in the town and of course Elvis need to fix the problem.
    • 4/5
      A typical Cole and Pike novel--nice fast-paced mystery, with evil villains that need to be overcome and our heroes fighting overwhelming odds, as usual.
      A Hollywood star was adopted and wants to find out who her biological parents were, so Elvis heads to Baton Rouge, where, with the help of an attractive female lawyer, he finds out what he needs to know.
      Unfortunately, as is usual in a Cole and Pike novel, it's never just that simple and the star's family are involved in a bit of nastiness that needs sorting out.
    • 3/5
      I liked this Crais the best out of all of them I've read so far. Most of the previous I read have started out slow. This one did not. It moved from the very beginning. I'm enjoying reading about Elvis and Joe.
    • 4/5
      TV actress, Jodi Taylor asks Elvis to find her birth mother as she was adopted. She doesn't want her birth mother to know about the search. However things unravel when Elvis discovers that Jodi's father was black and he was murdered. This leads to the discovery of a human trafficking scheme in which Joe & Elvis plus Jodi and her mother all find their lives in danger.This is the Elvis Cole novel in which we first meet Luci Chenier, the Baton Rouge lawyer who becomes Elvis' love interest in later novels.
    • 3/5
      Very enjoyable with lots of local color, a tight plot, interesting characters ... lies, betrayal and a past that no one acknowledges fuel a dangerous climax.
    • 5/5
      I like these PI thrillers, and Elvis Cole is one of the good one. The author has a long series, and I have probably jumped in the middle but it doesn't really matter. The action is steady and logical, the danger is true to the action and circumstances, and the characters make sense.
    • 4/5
      Elvis Cole, PI is asked to find the biological parents of a TV personality.He travels from LA to Louisiana where he comes to a southern land where people have their own mind sets on doing things and accepting help from the outside. He has help from an attractive attorney from Baton Rouge.The TV star, Jodi Taylor, would like even more information on the historical happenings of the area where her biological parents lived.Elvis and his partner, Joe Pike, return and learn about locals who are smuggling drugs and illegal emigrants.This is a well written story with an original plot and interesting characters.
    • 4/5
      Hired by popular television star Jodie Taylor to find the biological parents who gave her up for adoption thirty-six years earlier, Los Angeles private eye Elvis Cole becomes suspicious when other investigators searching for Jodie's parents are killed.This is the novel where Elvis meets Lucy Chenier in New Orleans. A good read although the ending was a letdown.
    • 4/5
      I love Robert Crais' Elvis Cole novels and his easy writing style. This was a good story that was let down slightly by its hamfisted Hollywood movie ending. Cole and Pike are great characters and the series would grow from here.
    • 4/5
      Elvis Cole, LA private eye, travels to Louisiana to find the biological parents of a well-known actress.This book provided the missing piece I've been waiting for. Having read the series out-of-order (my bad), I already knew something and wondered how it came to be. Now I know. :)Elvis's wit continues (and again, some phrases are repeated too often, but I still like him - a lot) and Joe Pike makes his appearance as well, making this a another very good mystery.Originally posted on: Thoughts of Joy
    • 4/5
      Thoroughly enjoyed reading.
    • 2/5
      What I learned...I love his writing style
    • 5/5
      Elvis leaves Los Angeles to investigate a case in Louisiana. Joe Pike arrives later to help out. Elvis meets Lucy and Ben. There is a lot of action, especially by the river. Good triumphs over evil as the reader knows it will, but will Elvis get his girl?