First in the Elvis Cole series of novels. Cole is a private detective in Los Angeles and so he works with a lot of the interesting people who populate that area of the country. Everyone is quirky and different and while I like Cole being this way, I found it a bit too much that everyone is so quirky and different. And the mystery itself is not the most compelling page turner. Cole’s first person narration makes up for the lack of a great plot hook though and keep me at least reading until I got to end. There are others in this series and I’m not sure how anxious I am to run out and read them.