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Book Review of The Monkey's Raincoat (Elvis Cole and Joe Pike, Bk 1)

The Monkey's Raincoat (Elvis Cole and Joe Pike, Bk 1)
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Interesting read. The protagonist is a PI named Elvis Cole who has a soft place for needy clients. His current client is Ellen Lang, whose husband is missing. Missing also is the couple's young son. Ellen assumes that Mort has taken the boy and abandoned her. When their home is trashed she assumes her husband has done it even as Cole tells her its a professional job. As Elvis investigates her husband's disappearance he encounters ruthless gangsters. What on earth has Mort, the husband, been doing? The situation becomes so tough that he calls his partner, Pitt, who owns a gun shop and part of the detective agency. Pitt is as tough as they come and the two set about investigating the case and retrieving the boy. It's brutal and violent but well done.