review of last rites, by john harvey, michael preston was in prison for killing his father, but he was able to go to his mother's funeral, but on the way back to prison, he cut one of the guards with him, escaped, and was on the run, inspector resnick, investigated, this involved people michael had known in prison, drugs, guns, and a couple killings, guess this was supposedly the last resnick book, not sure there are any more, but it was a great read, Don