F ROM THE #1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE BOSCH SERIES AND THE LINCOLN LAWYER SERIES Michael Connelly.
has the nerve and timing of a whole SWAT team.
-- New York Times Michael Connelly.
adds the intricate plotting and perfect-pitch dialogue that keeps The Scarecrow scary.
Together, they hook the reader early and never let up.
-- Philadelphia Inquirer An addictive read that, once it grabs you in those first few pages, won't let go of you.
-- Boston Globe 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 sixteen-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 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.