Sunset Express

Prominent restaurateur Teddy Martin is facing charges in his wife’s brutal murder. But he’s not going down without spending a bundle of cash on his defense. So his hotshot attorney hires P.I. Elvis Cole to find proof that Detective Angela Rossi tampered with the evidence. Rossi needs a way back to the fast track after falling hard during an internal investigation five years ago. But Cole needs to know if she’s desperate enough to falsify the case against Martin in order to secure her own position. As Cole and his partner Joe Pike work their way through a tangle of witnesses and an even greater tangle of media, they begin to suspect that it’s not the police who are behind the setup... SUMMARY: A New York Times Bestselling Author A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year “This hip, funny, and thought-provoking novel will delight Crais' growing legion of fans.” — Booklist A wealthy restaurateur is accused of murdering his wife, and his hot-shot defense attorney hires Elvis Cole to find proof that police detective Angela Rossi fooled around with the evidence. Rossi had been cleared of an earlier charge of planting evidence, and she's rumored to be willing to do anything to get things back on track. Yet as Elvis investigates Rossi for the defense team, he begins to be more suspicious of the media-loving lawyers than the cops.