Detective (novel)

This article is about the Arthur Hailey novel. For the Roderick Thorpe novel, see The Detective (novel).

Detective
First edition
AuthorArthur Hailey
PublisherCrown
Publication date
July 1, 1997
ISBN0-517-70025-5

Detective is a 1997 novel by Canadian writer Arthur Hailey, the author's last book. Hailey depicts the work of a homicide department and its investigation methods.

Plot

Detective is the story of Miami Police detective Malcolm Ainslie, who had previously trained to be a Catholic priest. A serial killer breaks free in Miami. He is a religious fanatic and he starts killing people feeling that he is the avenger of God. He leaves certain things at the murder scenes that are symbols from the Book of Revelation.

Miami Police Detective Sergeant Malcolm Ainslie and his team start to investigate the murders. They eventually find the killer and arrest him. The murderer is nicknamed The Animal because he kills in such a barbaric manner. Now, when this man is about to be executed for the serial killings he did, he calls for Malcolm. 30 minutes before his execution he confesses to Malcolm that he did all the serial killings he is accused of except one, which was not done by him.

It was the killing of the city commissioner and his wife. Malcolm, at first, refuses to believe him because The Animal has a reputation of being a liar. But as he goes deep into the history of cases and studies all the killings he discovers that there are two killings in separate cities, unsolved murders which were confessed by The Animal.

When he carefully studies all the killings done by him, he finds out that the killings of city commissioner and his wife were attempted by someone else, a copy cat killer, and these murders were made to look as if done by the same killer. Thanks to his priestly training, he notices that the pattern of the symbols left by the Animal at scenes of all the other murders is derived from the Book of Revelation, but that the symbols left at the murder of the Mayor do not fit this pattern.

Malcolm suddenly finds himself facing a situation where a copy cat killer is roaming around free. And when the killings are of a city commissioner and his wife the matter became more complicated. His team starts to investigate and finds important people involved in the killings and a famous novelist is also involved.

Reception

Detective received reviews from Booklist,[1] the Chicago Tribune,[2] Kirkus Reviews,[3] and Publishers Weekly.[4]

Television adaptation

Detective (also known as Arthur Hailey's Detective) was adapted into a television movie in 2005, directed by David S. Cass Sr., and with a cast that included Tom Berenger (as Malcolm Ainslie), Cybill Shepherd (as Karen Ainslie), Annabeth Gish (as Cynthia Ernst), Rick Gomez (as Detective Rodriguez), Frank Whaley (as Brewmaster), Wanda De Jesus (as Sanchez), J. Karen Thomas (as Ruby Bowe), Charles Durning (as Max Ernst), Sean O'Bryan (as Elroy Doil), and Rutanya Alda (as Judge Agannis).

References

  1. ^ "Detective". Booklist. 1 May 1997. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
  2. ^ "ARTHUR HAILEY'S `DETECTIVE' STUMBLES ON MINUTIAE". Chicago Tribune. 14 August 1997. Archived from the original on 29 August 2024. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
  3. ^ "DETECTIVE by Arthur Hailey". Kirkus Reviews. 15 May 1997. Archived from the original on 19 September 2020. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
  4. ^ "Detective by Arthur Hailey". Publishers Weekly. 30 June 1997. Archived from the original on 29 August 2024. Retrieved 29 August 2024.


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