Le Dernier Détective
About this book
Elvis Cole is back...With his acclaimed bestsellers, Hostage (a New York Times Notable Book) and Demolition Angel, Robert Crais drew raves for his unstoppable pacing, edgy characterizations, and cinematic prose. Now, in The Last Detective, Crais returns to his signature character, Los Angeles private investigator Elvis Cole, in a masterful page-turner that probes the meaning of family and the burdens of the past. Elvis Cole's relationship with attorney Lucy Chenier is strained. When she moved from Louisiana to join Elvis in Los Angeles, she never dreamed that violence would so easily touch her life -- but then the unthinkable happens. While Lucy is away on business and her ten-year-old son, Ben, is staying with Elvis, Ben disappears without a trace. Desperate to believe that the boy has run away, evidence soon mounts to suggest a much darker scenario. Joining forces with his enigmatic partner, Joe Pike, Elvis frantically searches for Ben with the help of LAPD Detective Carol Starkey, as Lucy's wealthy, oil-industry ex-husband attempts to wrest control of the investigation. Amid the maelstrom of personal conflicts, Elvis and Joe are forced to consider a more troubling lead -- one indicating that Ben's disappearance is connected to a terrible, long-held secret from Elvis Cole's past.Venturing deep inside a complex psyche, Crais explores Elvis's need for family - the military that embraced him during a troubled adolescence, his rock-solid partnership with Pike, and his floundering relationship with Lucy - as they race the clock in their search for Ben. The Last Detective is Robert Crais' richest, most intense tale of suspense yet. From the Hardcover edition.
Profil du lecteur
4.3/5 · 21368 lecteurs · 302 pages · ≈ 5 h 36 m · Modéré
Combien de temps pour lire The Last Detective ?
Environ ≈ 5 h 36 m — 302 pages, à raison d'environ 250 mots par page et 225 mots par minute.
Combien de pages fait The Last Detective ?
302 pages dans son édition la plus lue.
Quel est le genre de The Last Detective ?
Il se trouve dans les rayons Mystery, Fiction.
The Last Detective est-il dans le domaine public ?
Non — il est encore sous droits d'auteur.
Où se déroule The Last Detective ?
L'histoire se déroule à Los Angeles (Calif.), California, Los Angeles.
Qui a écrit The Last Detective ?
Robert Crais (1953–0).
“A silence filled the canyon below my house that fall; no hawks floated overhead, the coyotes did not sing, the owl that lived in the tall pine outside my door no longer asked my name.”