[Vocabulary] What is the meaning of "flip to the last page" in this sentece?

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Farshad.021

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Hey guys, I was watching the second episode of the newly released TV series "izombie" and I faced lots of difficulties in understanding the meanings.

Here is one of them:

They are in a crime scene searching for evidence or something and the detective asks "Liv", who is a fake psychic zombie that eats brains and has some visions about the victims,:

Is the crime scene inspiring, you know, any otherworldly communications or conjurings or what have you?

Liv answers: Wow. You're really a flip to the last page of the book type guy, huh? You've been detecting for five minutes.

Detective: Oh, I know who did it. It's the wife.


I don't understand the meaning of underlined part. I really appreciate your helps.
 

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It refers to a person who is very impatient and doesn't want to wait to see how the book ends. He goes to back of the book to see how things worked out.
 

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In murder mysteries, the killer is only revealed at the very end of the book. If you go straight to the end of the book, you will get the answer.
 
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