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      Detective

      by Arthur Hailey
      Published
      Jul 1997
      Main Genre
      Suspense Suspense
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      595
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      A death row confession sparks an investigation that will tear Miami apart in this "engrossing thriller" from the #1 New York Times–bestselling author (Booklist).

      "[Hailey] has the natural storyteller's gift of keeping a reader avidly turning the pages." —The New York Times Book Review

      Detective-Sergeant Malcolm Ainslie, a former Catholic priest, is about to start his vacation when a call comes in from death row. Before serial killer Elroy Doil is taken to the electric chair, he wants to make a full confession to the cop who put him away. To close the books on additional murder cases in which Doil is a suspect, Ainslie drives four hundred miles to Florida State Prison.

      Although Doil confesses to ten other homicides, he insists that he didn't commit the crime for which he will be executed the following day: the grisly slaying of a city commissioner and his wife. In his search for the real killer, Ainslie will discover that the upper levels of Miami's government—including some of his closest colleagues—are more corrupt and dangerous than he ever imagined.

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      Police Procedural

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      Aug 1998 Berkley ISBN13 9780425163863 ISBN10 0425163865
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      Jun 2011 Corgi (UK) ISBN13 9780552165501 ISBN10 0552165506
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      First Edition Jul 1997 Crown ISBN13 9780517700259 ISBN10 0517700255
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      Jun 1999 Random House ISBN13 9780517425909 ISBN10 0517425904
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      Oct 2015 Open Road Publishing ISBN13 9781504022194 ISBN10 150402219X
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      Oct 2015 Open Road Media ISBN10 B014QI1NL6
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      Dec 1991 Thorndike Press ISBN13 9780783881324 ISBN10 0783881320
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      Jul 1997 Random House Large Print ISBN13 9780679774341 ISBN10 0679774343
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      Jul 1999 Random House ISBN13 9780517456002 ISBN10 0517456001
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