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Elvis Cole is a fictional character in a series of Robert Crais' detective novels. Fiction is the telling of stories which are not real More specifically fiction is an imaginative form of Narrative, one of the four basic Rhetorical modes. Robert Crais (born 1954 is a contemporary American author of Detective fiction. Detective fiction is a branch of Crime fiction in which a Detective (or detectives either professional or amateur investigate a crime usually Murder Elvis, who jokingly proclaims himself to be "The World's Greatest Detective" on numerous occasions, is the classic private investigator: honest, straight-forward, and with a soft spot for a woman in trouble. A private investigator or private detective (often shortened to PI or private eye) is a person who can be hired by individuals or groups to undertake He is a throwback to an earlier age, especially in the first few novels, which read like 1940s pulp magazine detective stories with snappy dialogue and violent action scenes. Pulp magazines (or pulp fiction; often referred to as "the pulps" were inexpensive Fiction magazines [1]

Character biography

Elvis' background consists of time as a U.S. Army Ranger, with decorated service in Vietnam, and experience as a security guard. The United States Army is a military organization whose primary mission is to "provide necessary forces and capabilities. The United States Army Rangers or simply Army Rangers are specialized elite American light infantry and Special operations troops The Vietnam War, also known as the Second Indochina War, or the Vietnam Conflict, occurred in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia A security guard or security officer is usually a privately and formally employed person who is paid to protect Property, assets or people Elvis is also well versed in the martial arts, especially Tae kwon do and tai chi. Martial arts are systems of codified practices and traditions of training for Combat. Taekwondo (Korean태권도thɛʔkwʌndo Englishˈteɪˈkwɒnˈdoʊ is a Korean Martial art and the National sport of South Korea Tai chi chuan (is an internal Chinese martial art often practiced for Health reasons Elvis drives a 1966 "Jamaica yellow" Chevrolet Corvette Stingray convertible that is almost a character unto itself in the early novels, along with his trademark Hawaiian shirts. The Chevrolet Corvette is a Sports car that has been manufactured by General Motors since 1953 For an outline of all the Chevrolet Corvette generations see See also Chevrolet Corvette The Chevrolet Corvette C2 is a Sports car He prefers to carry a Dan Wesson .38 revolver in a shoulder holster for protection. Smith & Wesson ( ( S&W) is the largest manufacturer of Handguns in the United States.

Elvis lives in a redwood A-Frame house overlooking a canyon on Woodrow Wilson Drive along with his pet cat. A-frame is an interior style of house with steeply-angled sides (roofline that meet at the top in the shape of the letter A and a ceiling that is open to the top rafters The cat usually has a terrible disposition but tolerates Elvis and revels in the company of Elvis's partner, Joe Pike. His office is located on Santa Monica Boulevard and has several figurines of cartoon characters on his desk and file cabinets. State Route 2 is a State highway in the US state of California. He has expressed the desire to be like Peter Pan and stay a child forever poised on the cusp of adulthood. Though a resident of Los Angeles, California, his investigations have taken him all over the continental United States. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West

His trusted partner is the often tight-lipped Joe Pike, a USMC veteran from the Vietnam War and a former LAPD officer turned mercenary and gun shop owner. Joseph "Joe" Pike is the intimidating partner of fictional P Pike remained a mysterious character until his tragic backstory was fully explored in L. A. Requiem. He is usually called in to "ride shotgun," both figuratively and literally, in Elvis' cases. (The relationship is somewhat similar to Spenser and Hawk in Robert B. Parker's detective novels or Myron and Win in Harlan Coben's novels. Robert B Parker (born September 17 1932 Biography Parker was born in Springfield Massachusetts. Harlan Coben (born January 4, 1962) is an American author of Mystery Novels The plots of his novels often involve the resurfacing )

Elvis' dependable police contact is Sgt. Lou Poitras, a homicide detective at the North Hollywood Division of the LAPD. List of countries by homicide rate Homicide ( Latin homicidium, homo human being + caedere to cut kill refers to the act of killing another North Hollywood is a district in the San Fernando Valley region of the City of Los Angeles California.

Elvis is often noted as 'looking like John Cassavetes 20 years ago'. He uses the name Johnny Stacatto at least once in Stalking the Angel when questioned by a nosey rent-a-cop. A security guard or security officer is usually a privately and formally employed person who is paid to protect Property, assets or people Elvis's residence on Woodrow Wilson Drive happens to be the same street on which John Cassavetes lives also. [2]

Books

The following are the books by Robert Crais that have featured Elvis Cole:

Sources

  1. ^ [1] Review of 'The Last Detective' from ThrillingDetective. The Watchman was a short-lived periodical established and edited by Samuel Taylor Coleridge in 1796. com
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