A review by northstar
The Last Detective, by Robert Crais

4.0

I started reading this series two years ago after my husband recommended it and I think Crais is one of the best crime writers in the business. His books are old-fashioned sleuthing stories with actual motives and plots, but they can get gruesome. This story follows detective Elvis Cole as he hunts for his girlfriend's son, who disappeared while Cole was babysitting. It follows the typical Crais plot with bloody twists and end-runs by Cole's partner, Joe Pike. The previous novel, LA Requiem, spilled some of Pike's backstory, and now we get some of Cole's history, which in its own way is as sad and violent as Pike's. Crais tightens the suspense in this one, too. I only gave it four stars because I felt that even for this genre, the book required too much suspension of disbelief.