Long description
The instant #1 bestseller from author Michael Connelly-- the best mystery writer in the world ( GQ )--brings back the hero of The Poet in a terrifying new thriller.
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 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.
Review
This guy writes commercial fiction so well, he's going to end up on the literature shelves along with Poe if he plays his cards right, and here's one reader who hopes he does. -- Los Angeles Times on The Poet