Has anyone read any of Robert Crais' crime fiction?

I've been reading a lot of recommendations for his books, but the people offering those recommendations are enthusiastic about some other books for which I have no enthusiasm at all.

If they were free for kindle (or even cheap for kindle) I'd take the risk and buy; but they are all full price and I don't want to spend my frugal stash of pin money on something I may regret.

So I come to you, ladies and gents, upon whose tastes and recommendations I can rely.

Heard of him? Read him? What do you think?

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Mornings wouldn't suck so badly if they came later in the day.

Robert Crais is a well-respected crime fiction writer among fans of such. He had a long line of autograph seekers at Bouchercon this year.

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Resentment is no excuse for baldface stupidity.
-- Garrison Keillor

Yes, but are his books any good? Do you like the writing? What voice does he use? Are his plots gripping? Are his characters real or are they he-men extraordinaire?

Your opinion, Ax.

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Mornings wouldn't suck so badly if they came later in the day.

There are two types of crime fiction for me: stuff I read and stuff I don't.

I don't read Crais so I can't recommend him personally, but writer friends I know who are more in that sphere like him a lot.

I like Declan Hughes, myself. And Walter Mosley. There's an Italian crime author named Andrea Camilleri I find interesting. And Eoin Colfer, of Artemis Fowl fame, has a very un-childlike noir out called Plugged.

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Resentment is no excuse for baldface stupidity.
-- Garrison Keillor

Thanks Ax.

I'm a little ashamed of myself for backing you into a corner with an elbow to your solar plexis.

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Mornings wouldn't suck so badly if they came later in the day.

Hey, you didn't tell me you wrote hard-boiled stuff!

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Resentment is no excuse for baldface stupidity.
-- Garrison Keillor

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Mornings wouldn't suck so badly if they came later in the day.