false 4527502 15 4576703 14 5 2009 The Scarecrow (Jack McEvoy, #2) total:1368|5:263|4:624|3:396|2:73|1:12| 1368 5157 2022 453 6466027 35 16 3.77 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6466027-the-scarecrow 2 12 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...]]> 5771209 0316166308 9780316166300 213 81 3.77 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255574670m/5771209.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5771209.The_Scarecrow 4 4 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...]]> 4527502 075287585X 9780752875859 1045 328 3.77 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4527502.The_Scarecrow 4 1 false Sun Mar 22 23:51:50 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 09 06:54:37 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4527502 075287585X 9780752875859 1045 328 3.77 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4527502.The_Scarecrow 4 1 false Wed Jun 03 04:47:29 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 01 02:33:46 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4527502 075287585X 9780752875859 1045 328 3.77 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4527502.The_Scarecrow 4 0 true Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Nov 23 07:02:07 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 23 07:28:38 -0800 2009
Focus is on LA Time crime-police reporter Jack McEvoy, who has been laid off w. a couple weeks' notice, and has to train his replacement, a nubile journalism novice named Angela.

He decided to go out in a blaze, proving an innocent...more...]]> 4527502 075287585X 9780752875859 1045 328 3.77 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4527502.The_Scarecrow 2 0 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...]]> 4527502 075287585X 9780752875859 1045 328 3.77 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4527502.The_Scarecrow 4 0 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...]]> 4527502 075287585X 9780752875859 1045 328 3.77 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4527502.The_Scarecrow 4 0 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...]]> 4527502 075287585X 9780752875859 1045 328 3.77 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4527502.The_Scarecrow 4 0 false Sat Sep 05 12:10:25 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 05 12:25:51 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5771209 0316166308 9780316166300 213 81 3.77 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255574670m/5771209.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5771209.The_Scarecrow 2 0 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...]]> 4527502 075287585X 9780752875859 1045 328 3.77 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4527502.The_Scarecrow 4 0 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...]]> 4527502 075287585X 9780752875859 1045 328 3.77 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4527502.The_Scarecrow 3 1 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...]]> 4527502 075287585X 9780752875859 1045 328 3.77 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4527502.The_Scarecrow 5 0 true Thu Jul 09 09:57:44 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 09 10:06:59 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5771209 0316166308 9780316166300 213 81 3.77 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255574670m/5771209.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5771209.The_Scarecrow 3 1 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...]]> 6466027 35 16 3.77 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6466027-the-scarecrow 4 1 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...]]> 4527502 075287585X 9780752875859 1045 328 3.77 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4527502.The_Scarecrow 5 2 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...]]> 4527502 075287585X 9780752875859 1045 328 3.77 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4527502.The_Scarecrow 3 0 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...]]> 5771209 0316166308 9780316166300 213 81 3.77 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255574670m/5771209.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5771209.The_Scarecrow 5 0 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...]]> 4527502 075287585X 9780752875859 1045 328 3.77 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4527502.The_Scarecrow 4 0 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...]]> 4527502 075287585X 9780752875859 1045 328 3.77 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4527502.The_Scarecrow 5 1 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...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=6466027