The Scarecrow

The Scarecrow

2009 • 480 pages

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Jack McEvoy is at the end of the line as a crime reporter. Forced to take a buy-out from the LA Times, he's got 30 days left on the job. His last assignment? Training his replacement, a low-cost reporter just out of J-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. But as Jack delves into the story he soon realises that Alonzo's so-called confession is bogus. The investigation leads him to a killer known as The Scarecrow who has worked completely below the police and FBI radar. Jack is soon off and running on the biggest story he's had since The Poet crossed his path twelve years before - but The Scarecrow knows he's coming...

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3 primary books

Jack McEvoy

Jack McEvoy is a 3-book series with 3 primary works first released in 1995 with contributions by Michael Connelly.

THE POET: EVERY RHYME MEANS DEATH.
The Scarecrow
Fair Warning

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39 primary books47 released books

Harry Bosch Universe

Harry Bosch Universe is a 47-book series with 39 primary works first released in 1992 with contributions by Michael Connelly.

The Black Echo
The Black Ice
The Concrete Blonde
The Last Coyote
THE POET: EVERY RHYME MEANS DEATH.

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