Forced out of the Los Angeles Times amid the latest budget cuts, newspaperman Jack McEvoy decides to go out with a bang, using his final days at the paper to write the definitive murder story of his career. He focuses on Alonzo Winslow, a 16-year-old drug dealer in jail after confessing to a brutal murder. But as he delves into the story, Jack realizes that Winslow’s so-called confession is … Winslow’s so-called confession is bogus. The kid might actually be innocent.
Jack is soon running with his biggest story since The Poet made his career years ago. He is tracking a killer who operates completely below police radar–and with perfect knowledge of any move against him. Including Jack’s. Bonus materials include an in-depth interview with the author about writing “The Scarecrow” along with his exciting travel photos-plus a link to an online promotional video and links within the text to a fictitious website based on the novel and a teaser chapter from his next book, “Nine Dragons.”more
Jack McEvoy is the crime reporter who helped take down a serial killer known as the Poet … but now he is about to lose his job to cut backs and a younger reporter with a lower pay grade. He won’t go out without one last major story, though! Something smells fishy when a distraught grandmother calls Jack to claim her grandson is innocent. When …
Michael Connelly is one of the best (if not the best) writer plying his trade today.
This book, a break from his long-running Harry Bosch series, shows why.
Not many authors can take a break like that and turn out a book as good as the ones that identify him.