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Robert Crais (pronounced / k r eɪ s /; born June 20, 1953) is an American author of detective fiction and former screenwriter. Crais began his career writing scripts for television shows such as Hill Street Blues , Cagney & Lacey , Quincy , Miami Vice and L.A. Law .
Hill Street Blues is an American serial police drama that aired on NBC in primetime from 1981 to 1987 for a total of 146 episodes. The show chronicled the lives of the staff of a single police station located on the fictional Hill Street, in an unnamed large city, with "blues" being a slang term for police officers for their blue uniforms.
The Monkey's Raincoat is a 1987 detective novel by Robert Crais. It is the first in a series of linked novels centering on the private investigator Elvis Cole and his partner Joe Pike. Cole is a tough, wisecracking ex- Ranger with an irresistible urge to do what is morally right.
Robert Crais December 20, 1982 ( 1982-12-20 ) The detectives are looking forward to a quick getaway on Christmas Eve until a fake "Santa Claus" ( Richard Masur ) arrested for a charity fraud manages to escape from his cell; meanwhile, Det. Petrie's daughter is born.
Robert Crais March 23, 1978 ( 1978-03-23 ) Baretta tries to help a 12-year-old girl, who has run away from the orphanage, find her recently paroled father before he takes part in a jewel robbery.
Robert B. Parker (1932–2010) James Patterson (1947–) Eliot Pattison; Louise Penny (1958–) Anne Perry (1938–2023) Ellis Peters (1913–1995), pseudonym of Edith Pargeter; Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849) Ellery Queen, pseudonym of Frederick Dannay and Manfred B. Lee; Qiu Xiaolong (1953–) Ian Rankin (1960–) Satyajit Ray (1921–1992 ...
The series' creator, Rockne O'Bannon, named the character after his friend, contemporary mystery novelist Robert Crais. [ citation needed ] Bialar Crais was born in a Sebacean farming community, but while still a boy, he and his younger brother Tauvo were taken from their family and conscripted into the Peacekeeper military.
S/T : Robert Crais January 25, 1979 ( 1979-01-25 ) Quincy's attempts to expose a plastic surgeon whose incompetence led to the death of two women and the disfigurement of a prominent actress is thwarted by government red tape, a reluctant district attorney and an injunction from the Federal Trade Commission .