false 4527502 14 For Jack McEvoy, the killer named The Poet was the last word in evil. Think again, Jack. Jack McEvoy is at the end of the line as a crime reporter. Forced to take a buy-out from the Los Angeles Times as the newspaper grapples with dwindling revenues, he's got only a few days left on the job. His last assignment? Training his replacement, a low-cost reporter just out of journalism school. But Jack has other plans for his exit. He is going to go out with a bang — a final story that will win the newspaper journalism's highest honor — a Pulitzer prize. Jack focuses on Alonzo Winslow, a 16-year-old drug dealer from the projects who has confessed to police that he brutally raped and strangled one of his crack clients. Jack convinces Alonzo's mother to cooperate with his investigation into the possibility of her son's innocence. But she has fallen for the oldest reporter's trick in the book. Jack's real intention is to use his access to report and write a story that explains how societal dysfunction and neglect created a 16-year-old killer. But as Jack delves into the story he soon realizes that Alonzo's so-called confession is bogus, and Jack is soon off and running on the biggest story he's had since The Poet crossed his path years before. He reunites with FBI Agent Rachel Walling to go after a killer who has worked completely below police and FBI radar—and with perfect knowledge of any move against him. What Jack doesn't know is that his investigation has inadvertently set off a digital tripwire. The killer knows Jack is coming—and he's ready. 4576703 14 5 2009 The Scarecrow (Jack McEvoy, #2) total:1241|5:240|4:563|3:362|2:65|1:11| 1241 4679 1867 427 2 12 false false Mon May 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu May 21 18:18:01 -0700 2009 Tue May 26 05:25:09 -0700 2009 The Poet.

Since we've been debating/discussing genre ...more...]]> 4 4 false false Wed Mar 18 14:24:13 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 18 14:30:16 -0700 2009 This is what a serial killer thriller should be: taut, scary, fast-moving, making good use of the usual tropes (for the killer: childhood trauma, cool/goofy nickname, grotesque fetish, high intelligence; for the hero: personal life in a shambles, likeability issues, high intelligence) while building...more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Mar 22 23:51:50 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 09 06:54:37 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Wed Jun 03 04:47:29 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 01 02:33:46 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Mon Nov 02 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 05 03:20:58 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 06 00:56:44 -0800 2009
I'm glad I finished the book. Although I believe it continues to offend about 45% of my sensibil...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 18 21:00:53 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 18 21:01:08 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Oct 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 07 09:17:20 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 07 09:18:12 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Sep 05 12:10:25 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 05 12:25:51 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed Aug 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 20 07:47:53 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 20 07:56:24 -0700 2009 Crime and Punishment. But I was attracted to The Scarecrow because it was written by a former newspaper reporter, and the novel's reporter-protagonist has just received his RIF ("reduction in force" ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jul 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 23 13:28:37 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 23 13:30:01 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Sun Jul 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 09 11:24:06 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 09 11:29:21 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false true Thu Jul 09 09:57:44 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 09 10:06:59 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 08 21:16:24 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 08 21:18:49 -0700 2009
Jack McEvoy, the reporter from “The Poet” is now working for the LA Times. At least for now: he just received his pink slip.

He receives a call from an older black woman claiming the piec...more...]]> 4 1 false false Thu Jun 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 25 17:24:36 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 25 17:31:09 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 2 false false Wed Jun 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 21 21:10:46 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 21 21:31:56 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Jun 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 03 16:25:56 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 03 16:28:44 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false true Tue Sep 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 20 23:13:03 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 22 09:36:27 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Aug 31 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 29 21:36:11 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 31 17:13:31 -0700 2009 Michael Connelly's books. He's one of the few people writing in this genre that consistently delivers a good read. He manages to do this when writing books about his main series character, Hieronymous Bosch, or about other series characters, or when writing stand alon...more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri Jul 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 14 16:34:24 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 16 15:31:47 -0700 2009
I added this up last night and discovered that I have read more books by Michael Connelly (16) than any other author I've read. So I guess one could say I'm a huge fan. The amazing thing is that they were all five star books (except fo...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Sep 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 27 13:37:35 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 29 13:50:51 -0700 2009 1

Just as he's heading back to his desk from getting the bad news, he...more...]]>