The Last Detective by Robert Crais

After writing two stand-alones, Robert Crais returned to his series character, Elvis Cole, in The Last Detective. I'd been missing Elvis and looking forward to his return; I only wish I could say that I enjoyed it more than I did.. Robert Crais is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of twenty novels, sixteen of them featuring private investigator Elvis Cole and his laconic ex-cop partner, Joe Pike.

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.. But beneath his wisecracking, cocky exterior has lain a troubled soul, and when the son of his longtime girlfriend, Lucy Chenier, goes missing, Cole's demons - from the secrets of his childhood to the haunting, long-suppressed images of his service in Vietnam - threaten to destroy the world he's built.