by Robert Crais · BOLSILLO BYBLOS · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788466621281
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«El último detective» is a crime novel by Robert Crais, published by Bolsillo Byblos in paperback (384 pages, in Spanish).
Detective Elvis Cole receives a call announcing the kidnapping of Ben, the son of his partner, who was in his care. The crime is connected to the investigator's past, the only one who survived the annihilation of his battalion in Vietnam. To rescue the boy, Cole must stir up old grudges and face a father who blames him for what happened.
Translation by Carlos Mayor Ortega, published in 2005; the original title is 'The Last Detective' and its protagonist is detective Elvis Cole.
For fans of crime fiction; the 'Sunday Times', quoted on the cover, already places Crais among the greats of the genre.
Robert Crais is an American author of detective fiction and former screenwriter. Crais began his career writing scripts for television shows such as Hill Street Blues, Cagney & Lacey, Quincy, Miami Vice and L.A. Law. His writing is influenced by Raymond Chandler, Dashiell Hammett, Ernest Hemingway, Robert B. Parker and John Steinbeck. Crais has won numerous awards for his crime novels. Lee Child has cited him in interviews as one of his favourite American crime writers. The novels of Robert Crais have been published in 62 countries and are bestsellers around the world. Robert Crais received the Ross Macdonald Literary Award in 2006 and was named Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America in 2014.
