In this electrifying new thriller from three-time Edgar Award winner and New York Times bestseller T. Jefferson Parker, Private Investigator Roland Ford hunts for a missing teenager and uncovers a dark conspiracy in his most personal case yet.
When hired by a beautiful and enigmatic woman to find her missing younger sister, private investigator Roland Ford immediately senses that the case is not what it seems. He is soon swept up in a web of lies and secrets as he searches for the teenager, and even his new client cannot be trusted. His investigation leads him to a secretive charter school, skinhead thugs, a cadre of American Nazis hidden in a desert compound, an arch-conservative celebrity evangelist--and, finally, to the girl herself. The Last Good Guy is Ford's most challenging case to date, one that will leave him questioning everything he thought he knew about decency, honesty, and the battle between good and evil...if it doesn't kill him first.
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Review
Praise for The Last Good Guy[T. Jefferson
Parker] does a masterly job of ratcheting up the tension, and the often
lyrical prose is a pleasure to read. This entry could well earn
three-time Edgar Awardwinner Parker a fourth Edgar.**Publishers Weekly (starred review)**In
this powerful thriller, Parker leaves us aching for the damaged souls
left behind by false prophets and hate-mongers, and hoping that there
still really are some good guys.Booklist (starred review)
In the third case for his franchise hero, the prolific Parker summons the memory of retro hard-boiled crime yarns.Kirkus Reviews
As
is typical for Parkers novels, the stage upon which the story unfolds
is a microcosm of todays America, with racism and intolerance, the
escalating struggle between conservatives and liberals and the pervasive
intelligence of megachurches and the politics espoused therein. As is
also typical of Parkers novels, it is a mighty fine read.BookPage
Parker delivers another exceptional noir.Readers of C.J. Box will
enjoy the strong character development, fans of James Patterson will
delight in the twists and turns, while T.C. Boyle fans will appreciate
the atmospheric California setting.Library Journal
T. Jefferson Parkers third Roland Ford novel (following last years Swift Vengeance)
should interest fans of Michael Connelly and John Sandford. Parker has
had a long and successful career, but Ford is perhaps his best character
so far, and this series just keeps getting better.The Real Book Spy
T.
Jefferson Parker draws the classical hard-boiled detective story out of
its mythic past and into our contemporary landscape, much like the last
great exemplar of the form, Ross Macdonaldand like Macdonald, Parker
goes deeper with each book. The payoff for his readers is serious
thrills.Jonathan Lethem
The Last Good Guy, the
third outing for smart, tough, insightful, sympathetic Private
Investigator Roland Ford, is nothing short of brilliant as it morphs
from a simple missing persons case into a complex and nuanced
exploration of the dark side of American culture.John LescroartT. Jefferson Parkers The Last Good Guy is
a riveting crime drama with an engaging hero up against insurmountable
odds as he tries to track down a womans missing sister. With
intelligence, action, and humor, the pages turn themselves to a
thrilling climax.Mark GreaneyFabulously atmospheric. Parker writes with a cinematic eye and a thrillingly dark heart.Peter James
About the Author
T. Jefferson Parker is the author of numerous novels and short stories, the winner of three Edgar Awards, and the recipient of a Los Angeles Times Book Prize for best mystery. Before becoming a full-time novelist, he was an award-winning reporter. He lives in Fallbrook, California, and can be found at tjeffersonparker.com.