The Scarecrow
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4.3 • 109 Ratings
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- $9.99
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
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 realises 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.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Connelly hits it out of the park with one of the best thrillers of the year. Seasoned reporter Jack McEvoy has just been laid off from his job at the Los Angeles Times and to add insult to injury is assigned to train his replacement, a precocious young woman who will work for half his salary with none of his experience. But McEvoy will not go gently into the land of the downsized: he still has one last story to cover featuring a killer who dumps his victims in the trunk of a car. Peter Giles brings a skilled and intimate feel to his reading without losing the chilling momentum; at one point he relays a beautifully built scene that contains one of the best "gotcha" moments in some time. A Little, Brown hardcover (Reviews, Mar. 30).
Customer Reviews
Great story keeps you on your toes with suspense. Great story teller.
I like that the suspense built and kept me interested. Good to have a bit of romance thrown in there as well.
The Scarecrow
Top notch reading. Couldn’t put the book down with lots of twists and turns. Engrossed from beginning to end and already onto the next in the series!