“Crais is at the top of his game, and Demolition Angel delivers the goods. With a bang. . . . It’s Silence of the Lambs meets Speed. . . . Crais knows how to press all the right buttons in keeping the story line taut and the action, well, explosive.”—San Francisco Chronicle Carol Starkey is struggling to pick up the pieces of her former life as L.A.’s finest bomb squad technician. Fueled with liberal doses of alcohol and Tagamet, she’s doing time as a Detective-2 with LAPD’s Criminal Conspiracy Section. Three years have passed since the event that still haunts her: a detonation that killed her partner and lover, scarred her body and soul, and ended her career as a bomb tech. When a seemingly innocuous bomb call explodes into a charred murder scene, Carol catches the case and embarks on an investigation of a series of explosions that reveal chilling intentions. The bombs are designed expressly to kill bomb technicians. Now, as the one tech who survived the deadliest of blasts, Carol is in for the most perilous fight of her life. . . . Praise for Demolition Angel “Terrific . . . explosive . . . [a] high powered thrill ride.”—The Wall Street Journal “Gripping . . . Crais piles on plot twists . . . gathering the separate threads at the end and igniting them like a string of fireworks.”—People “A powerful, self-contained novel of suspense that has the compactness, velocity, and effectiveness of a well-aimed bullet . . . This is a thriller that works on every level, a pivotal work from a crime novelist operating at the top of his game.”—Los Angeles Times “Fascinating and frighteningly believable . . . Starkey is one of the toughest characters to grace the crowded field of thriller books in a long time.”—USA Today “A flammable techno-thriller with the kind of force that knocks out windows.”—The New York Times Book Review "Packs an explosive punch. Though the pace of the book moves like a quick-burning fuse, Crais still takes the time in Demolition Angel to sketch out some memorable characters: Starkey, haunted and hollow-eyed, covering up her pain with a Bogart-tough demeanor; and John Michael Fowles (aka Mr. Red), a sociopath who gets all sorts of information from the Internet without breaking a sweat. . . . Crais keeps things wound so tight that readers will be getting paper cuts in their rush to finish this one.”—The Denver Post
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"An exploration of secondary character Carol Starkey. Typical of Crais the plot is exciting and well developed. The characters are fully explored and the dialog is superb. " — Kwing (4 out of 5 stars)
"An exploration of secondary character Carol Starkey. Typical of Crais the plot is exciting and well developed. The characters are fully explored and the dialog is superb. "
“Gripping…Crais piles on plot twists…gathering the separate threads at the end and igniting them like a string of fireworks.”
“Terrific…explosive…[a] high powered thrill ride.”
“Fascinating and frightening believable…Starkey is one of the toughest characters to grace the crowded field of thriller books in a long time.”
“A powerful, self-contained novel of suspense that has the compactness, velocity, and effectiveness of a well-aimed bullet.”
“Crais is at the top of his game, and Demolition Angel delivers the goods.”
" Pretty solid crime book. Definitely not as riveting as L.A. Requiem. The mystery plot itself I found a bit formulaic, but the characters and their motivations made for some good tension and suspense. The bomb squad angle made it a bit unique as well. "
" Um policial cheio de acção, uma leitura muito boa baseada numa personagem principal muito forte!( O Anjo Da Destruição ) "
" I had a hard time putting this book down. Quite intense, but just not my style (murder mystery). "
" Literary detective fiction. I like this author for fast reads. "
" Not as good as his Elvis Cole stuff. "
" I have read a few books by this author, and they are generally light-hearted and enjoyable, if not terribly deep. In contrast, this book is plodding and not much fun, and still not terribly deep. "
" A great page turner. Probably my favorite Robert Crais. "
" Prefer his lighter Elvis Cole fare. "
" One of the best Robert Craig books so far - no Elvis Cole, but a kick butt detective that captures the imagination. Hard to put this one down, like other Crais books. "
" Crais doing his Hollywood thing. Nothing to make it reach higher, but I admit to taking less than 24 hours to read it. :) "
Robert Crais is an American author of numerous New York Times bestsellers, including Taken, which debuted at #1 on the New York Times bestseller list. He received the Ross Macdonald Literary Award in 2006, The Eye—Lifetime Achievement Award in 2010, and the Mystery Writers of America’s Grand Master Award in 2014. He has written for such acclaimed television shows as L.A. Law, Cagney and Lacey, Miami Vice, and Hill Street Blues. A film adaptation of his novel Hostage was released in 2005, starring Bruce Willis as ex-LAPD SWAT negotiator Jeff Talley.
Patricia Kathryn Kalember is an American actress best known for her role as Georgiana “Georgie” Reed Whitsig in the NBC drama series, Sisters. Kalember also had the leading roles in a number of television films and co-starred in several feature films including Fletch Lives, Signs, The Company Men, and Limitless, as well as recurring roles in the TV show Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.
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