Detective
by Hailey, Arthur · 1997
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From Library Journal
Miami police detective Malcolm Ainslie, a former Catholic priest, is summoned to hear the confession of Elroy Doil, a serial killer he helped put away, hours before Doil's scheduled execution. Ainslie has always had doubts about Doil's involvement in the murder of City Commissioner Gustav Ernst and his wife, whom Doil insists he didn't kill, though he is happy to take credit for all the other murders he was charged with (and a couple he wasn't). This novel by the author of famed potboilers like The Moneychangers moves slowly and predictably from here, with Ainslie in charge of a new investigation of the Ernst murders. The characters are flat and uninteresting and the writing so poor as to make slogging through this dull story painful indeed. Not recommended. -?Elizabeth Mellett, Brookline P.L., Mass. Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
The New York Times Book Review, Carol Peace Robins
...Dectective is not up to the standards of the best detective stories, or even the best of Arthur Hailey.
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