Imagined crossover · Private eyes
What if Harry Bosch met Elvis Cole?
The detective and the world’s greatest detective. Two Los Angeles veterans who both live in the hills, work the same streets and care about the forgotten.
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The pair
Harry BoschLAPD homicide detective, later retiredBy Michael Connelly · Harry Bosch · first in The Black Echo
Elvis ColeLos Angeles private investigator, “the world’s greatest detective”By Robert Crais · Elvis Cole · first in The Monkey’s Raincoat
Chemistry8/10
Friction5/10
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Where and when
Hollywood, Los Angeles
The 1990s to the 2010s
The story
- How they might meet
- A teenager Elvis Cole has been hired to find is connected to a body Bosch is working in the Hollywood Hills.
- Why they would work
- Two Los Angeles veterans who both live in the hills, work the same streets and care about the forgotten.
- What each brings
- Bosch has the LAPD’s resources and a lifetime of homicide experience. Cole has charm, freedom from the rules and Joe Pike.
- Where they would clash
- Cole’s Mickey Mouse clock and jokes would drive Bosch to distraction, and Bosch’s silences would drive Cole to more jokes.
Strengths compared
Harry Bosch Elvis Cole
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On the page together
The years in which each character's books were published.
Read your way in
Start with each character's first appearance.
- The Black EchoMichael Connelly · 1992 · Harry Bosch's first appearanceBuy on Amazon
- The Monkey’s RaincoatRobert Crais · 1987 · Elvis Cole's first appearanceBuy on Amazon
