Detective (1997) is Arthur Hailey’s final novel. It is a meticulous, detail-driven procedural that follows veteran Miami Homicide Sergeant Malcolm Ainslie as he investigates the brutal murder of a wealthy civic activist. On the eve of a serial killer’s execution, Ainslie is drawn into a complex web linking the new murder to the old case, forcing him to confront his own past as a former priest and unravel a mystery involving the city’s power elite, the media, and deep-seated corruption. True to H