Indigo Slam

Written by Robert Crais

Narrated by David Stuart

Fifteen-year-old Teri Hewitt has been left holding the babies since her dad disappeared without trace. She wants LA private eye Elvis Cole to find him and although he knows he should refuse and hand it over to social services, he finds himself taking on the case.

The search reveals a chronically unemployed drug addict caught up in counterfeiting scams and mixed up with the Russian mafia and Vietnamese gunmen. As the action heads towards a gunfight in Disneyland and Cole dodges his almost-girlfriend's ex-husband, he realises Teri is one whole lot of trouble he should have left to the professionals.

Read by David Stuart

• Language: English
• Publisher: Hachette UK Audio
• Release date: Sep 25, 2014
• ISBN: 9781409155270

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.

Reviews for Indigo Slam

[lamour_1 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Three children walk into Elvis Cole's office and hire him to find their missing father. The trail leads form LA to Seattle and a group of Russian Mafia who counterfeit money. Searching for the father and dodging the Mafia hit men while looking after three children, keeps Elvis and his partner, Joe Pike, busy. The ending may a bit too pat but it sure is a fast, fun read.Meanwhile, his girl friend, Lucy Chenier, is job hunting in LA. When her ex-husband interferes and sabotages her dream job application, Elvis has another problem to worry about. Fortunately, Lucy has the moxy to beat her ex at his own game and the novel ends with Lucy planning on moving to LA from New Orleans and the ex calling to warn Elvis that this isn't over. You can read how that works out for all concerned in the Crais' next novel, The Last Detective.

[miyurose_1 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

I think this is the first Robert Crais book I've read. I have vague memories of listening to something called "L.A. Requiem", but I don't know if he was the author. Anyway, it was pretty good. I won't turn down other books in the series. And how did I end up with #7 first? That's what happens when you get piles of paperbacks from your father.I liked the Elvis Cole character, but I have no earthly idea what "Indigo Slam" means

[tatoosh-3 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

In the seventh novel featuring private investigators Elvis Cole and Joe Pike a young teenage girl attempts to hire Elvis to find her father. It is clear that she and her younger brother and sister are alone and her father has been gone for 11 days. Elvis declines but follows her home to be sure they are okay. He finds a neat, orderly home and no apparent cause for concern aside from the absence of the father. However, Lucy Chenier, his Baton Rough attorney girlfriend, is visiting and she insists on visiting the children when Elvis explains the situation to her. After a brief visit she insists that Elvis help find the missing father.It turns out that the father (Clark) is a former counterfeiter and apparent drug user. He has been in the witness protection program after testifying against a Russian mobster but left the program and is now involved in another scheme involving Vietnamese loyalists. The brother of the Russian mobster wants Clark dead. Elvis has to find Clark, extricate him from his present situation, reunite him with his children, and secure their safety from the Russians and Vietnamese. As in Voodoo River, in the end Elvis and Joe manage to pit the two gangs against each other. Meanwhile, Lucy is offered a job and begins making plans to move to L. A. This is a solid addition to the Cole/Pike series.

[wareagle78 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Elvis Cole, Los Angeles Private Investigator. Sound like a bad premise for a failed television show? Well this story could be just that. PI Elvis sets out to save three children against mobsters out to get them. Full of decent twists and turns, however.

[auntieclio · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

This is pretty much your typical PI novel, with lots of shoot-em-ups, plotting, a twist, and things (mostly) working out at the end.One day a 15-year-old named Teri walks into Elvis Cole's office with her younger sister and brother wanting to hire him to find their dad who has been missing for eleven days.After searching his heart and making sure the kids are good at taking care of themselves, much better than the foster care system could, Elvis goes in search of Clark Haines.Only Haines isn't his name, and his occupation is much more questionable than the kids would ever know. Cole gets grabbed twice by the Russian mob and the Federal Marshal's office while in Seattle following up on clues.Back home in Los Angeles, Cole starts realizing that Clark and, therefore his children, is in over his head. Turns out it's not just the Russians, or the Federal Marshals, but it's the local Vietnamese revolutionary group set on taking down the regime at home.There's a lot of mayhem, and stuff that makes the reader say, "oh Come ON!" more than a few times, as well as a completely unnecessary, unresolved plot line involving Elvis' girlfriend who might be moving from Louisiana for a new job.This was a good fluffy mind candy book, nothing to take too seriously. Since I read Crais out of order, he may be setting up something for Lucy and Elvis in the next book. But I'm not gonna expend too much energy trying to figure it out.

[fiberbabble_1 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

I sure like this character, Elvis Cole. He doesn't take himself too seriously.

This particular audio book was pretty painful to listen to, though. I blame the producer - not the writer or the narrator. When a story is set in one of the largest cities in the country (Los Angeles), it would be a good idea to tell the narrator how to say the names of the landmarks and streets correctly. Literally millions of people know how to say Sepulveda and La Cienega, but the poor narrator consistently butchered them. Surprisingly, he didn't have a problem with Ojai or Cahuenga Pass. Go figure.

Oh, and producer? You might let the narrator know that anyone who lives north of Los Angeles (in this case Seattle) does NOT talk like they're straight outta Fargo.

The story was good. The writing was good. If you're the kind of person who's going to be bugged, the pronunciation and accents will drive you batty.

[susanbeamon · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Elvis is back and this time guns come out. Joe Pike has to shoot people. Violence was present in the others of this series, but not as much as in this one. Of course, when you put Russian gangsters and counterfeiters and Vietnamese freedom fighters in the mix. violence happens. Add in a dirty U. S. Marshall and things go sideways real fast. And Elvis' personal life isn't any smoother this time out. It does all get sorted out in our hero's favor, but it's a fast ride to get there.

[aliceanna-1 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Typical, yet great, Robert Crais story. The thought of Pike babysitting an obnoxious brat tickled my fancy. I really like Crais' take on justice. It's never quite what you expect.

[Simon Bradbury · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Enjoyable story but predictable in parts.
A good story line from start to finish

[cknikka · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Another "lucky you" if you have not read the seris yet!