This is one of the fourteen books Crais wrote about Elvis Cole and Joe Pike. Four others were chosen for condensation too: Demolition Angel (2000), Hostage (2001), The Last Detective(2003) and The Two Minute Rule(2006).
After reading The Watchman, I thought of the deaths of Michael Jackson and Whitney Houston. Jackson, Houston, and Conner Barkley had serious wealth, even if Barkley was a fictitious character. Yet Jackson resorted to cocktails of drugs which eventually led to his accidental death. Houston was also high on different things, had a heart attack and as a result drown in a bathtub. All three probably at some time or other felt lonely and hollow inside which might lead to risky behavior. For Barkley, it was running red lights in the middle of the night in the city of the lost angels.
The next thought comes to wealth may or may not come with sorrows. It would mean something if wealth brings happiness, peace, kind deeds, real friends, family closeness, honors ... Otherwise, it might just be lots of money with pain, emptiness and ultimately a life tragically cut short.
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