The Last Good Guy

By: T. Jefferson Parker

Narrated by: Will Damron

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.

Two Thumbs Up!

One for author Parker’s complex and twisty stories. And one for Will Damron’s absolutely marvelous narration. The Roland Ford series is the best!

Not Parker's best.

The story is actually pretty good, but some of the characters don't seem real enough. Listened to this almost 2 years ago, so I really can't remember all the character names. I've always measured Parker's books up against my favorite of his called "The Blue Hour". "Where Serpents Lie" and The Triggerman's Dance" were excellent too. This title didn't even match up to the "L.A. Outlaws" series. This title is a good story for a first time Parker reader but there are better novels of his earlier works.

5 Easy Stars for Roland, Damron and Parker!

Once again T. Jefferson Parker has written another winner with his new Roland Ford book. This book is the third in the series but each can be read as a stand alone.
This book has so much going for it with many issues right out of the current headlines.
The story begins with a woman coming to Roland's office and hiring him to find her 14 year old missing sister. There are 14 years between them and with their parents deceased she has custody.
What starts out as a simple runaway soon turns to murder turns to kidnapping. This all stems from a possible rape or seduction of a very popular evangelical minister who also happens to be a hard core right winger.
From there we go to politics, terrorism, truths mixed with lies, betrayal and vengeance. And of course Roland gets a few lumps along the way.
Will Damron is the perfect narrator for this book!
This book has my HIGHEST RECOMMENDATION.
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Good story

Like the Roland Ford series. Although he seems like such sad person, it was a sound mystery. Interesting characters.

Unoriginal

This book isn't bad, the prose is good, the Southern California locales are a great backdrop, and the characters ( the Irregulars in particular ) are engaging. But the plot seemed like a retread of others, even with the references the recent and current events. It was a struggle to stay interested.