For “The Big Empty,” the 20th book in Robert Crais‘ Elvis Cole and Joe Pike series, Crais returned to an idea he’d been circling off and on for years. “For a long time now, I’ve had this notion I ...

For Robert Crais, inspiration comes from anywhere, at any time – say, for instance, a scruffy old cat, hanging out in Crais’ imagination with the world’s greatest detective. “The very first scene that ...

Readers expecting an annual installment of a beloved mystery series may feel a void when those characters are missing for a couple of years, like Robert Crais’ Elvis Cole novels, the last of which was ...

When I began talking to writers on the radio back in 1994 I got a steady flow of guests. Books&Co. in Kettering was a popular venue for touring authors. I read books I would not have read otherwise.

In his eighth book about wise-cracking Los Angeles private detective Elvis Cole, Crais has expanded his narrative reach and broadened his characters' horizons to ...

Elvis Cole has brown hair and brown eyes, but that’s about it for known physical attributes. He’s probably in his 40s. After 17 books, that’s all his creator’s got? “If I were doing a witness picture, ...