I can never get enough,kind of like the old days with Robert Ludlum,always waiting for the next book to be published. ' I love this author and his characters ie Jack McEvoy and especially Harry Bosch. I really need some time off so I can plow through all the Bosch books I've missed (great audiobooks as well), but this revisiting of Jack McEvoy from The Poet was a fun read. I liked the characters, and the plot kept me interested ' - Anne, I would have been more interested in this story without Rachel, I think-I'd love to see what Jack could have accomplished without that little connection. But then McEvoy calls in the FBI and we're essentially out of the newsroom and nothing can stop our action hero reporter. I found the premise-investigative journalism in the era of cost-cutting and layoffs at newspapers-to be really intriguing. This was an entertaining read, but somehow it left me cold, despite the fact that it's received such good reviews. ' I might be running out of Connelly steam, which would make me sad, because I do enjoy his work so much. Overall Performance: Narration Rating: Story Rating:.I couldn't put this one down it was another fast-paced, highly entertaining story.' I started this book wishing it was another Bosch novel however, within a couple of chapters I was completely sucked in. 'Of Connelly's three leading characters, Jack McEvoy is my least favorite. He is tracking a killer who operates completely below police radar-and with perfect knowledge of any move against him.

Jack is soon running with his biggest story since The Poet made his career years ago. But as he delves into the story, Jack realizes that Winslow's so-called confession is bogus.

He focuses on Alonzo Winslow, a 16-year-old drug dealer in jail after confessing to a brutal murder. 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.

The scarecrow by michael connelly