Robert Crais

Robert Crais is an American author of detective fiction who began his career writing scripts for television, with credits on Hill Street Blues, Quincy and L.A. Law. His books include the Elvis Cole series, from The Monkey's Raincoat through Taken, and The Watchman, which pairs Cole with Joe Pike. His writing draws on Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett, and he received the Ross Macdonald Literary Award in 2006 and was named Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America in 2014.