Detective : a novel

Serial killer Elroy "Animal" Doil is hours away from the electric chair. In his last hours of life, he wants to make a confession--to Detective Malcolm Ainslie, the man who put him away. And as much as he'd like to, Ainslie can't ignore the criminal's request. Because although Doil is guilty of a gruesome double murder, his confession could close ten other unsolved slayings. What Ainslie learns, however, will thrust him into an investigation that leads directly to elite levels of city government--and some of his trusted colleagues. I loved Hailey's other works because of his attention to detail. This work is a disastrous fail in that respect. He claims karate black belts must register their hands; they do not. He references a gun registry in Miami; it is a felony in Florida to create such a registry. He states a Glock pistol uses a clip; it uses a magazine. He very repugnantly attacks the Catholic Church and faith-based organizations. Most lethally, his plot is trite and weak. A killer's confession on Death Row prompts Malcolm Ainslie, the Miami detective who captured him, to reopen a case. The trail leads Ainslie to a policewoman with whom he once had an affair and who now sits on a police board and could end his career At 10:35 P.M. on January 27, Malcolm Ainslie was halfway to the outer door of Homicide when a phone rang behind him.