In Fort Lauderdale he wrote about police and crime during the height of the murder and violence wave that rolled over South Florida during the so-called cocaine wars.

Once he decided on this direction he chose a major in journalism and a minor in creative writing - a curriculum in which one of his teachers was novelist Harry Crews.Īfter graduating in 1980, Connelly worked at newspapers in Daytona Beach and Fort Lauderdale, Florida, primarily specializing in the crime beat. Michael Connelly decided to become a writer after discovering the books of Raymond Chandler while attending the University of Florida. Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads' database with this name. But his inquiry hits a snag when he himself becomes a suspect.Īs he races to clear his name, McEvoy's findings point to a serial killer working under the radar of law enforcement for years, and using personal data shared by the victims themselves to select and hunt his targets.Ĭalled 'the Raymond Chandler of this generation' (Associated Press), Michael Connelly once again delivers an unputdownable thriller that reveals a predator operating from the darkest corners of human nature-and one man courageous and determined enough to stand in his way. McEvoy investigates-against the warnings of the police and his own editor-and makes a shocking discovery that connects the crime to other mysterious deaths across the country. Veteran reporter Jack McEvoy has taken down killers before, but when a woman he had a one-night stand with is murdered in a particularly brutal way, McEvoy realizes he might be facing a criminal mind unlike any he's ever encountered. Jack McEvoy, the journalist who never backs down, tracks a serial killer who has been operating completely under the radar-until now. The hero of The Poet and The Scarecrow is back in the new thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Michael Connelly.

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