Jack McEvoy: The Poet (Series #1) (Paperback)

from PIER50

I am a big fan of Michael Connelly's Harry Bosch character, and so I was interested to try out one of his other creations. The story of 'The Poet', an apparent serial killer and the newspaper reporter Jack McEvoy was fast paced and had a couple of good twists at the end. A couple of the 'love int...

from BillPilgrim

I read a review of Connelly's new book, The Scarecrow. It was a positive review, and I found a few other good reviews. I thought I would like to find a pulp writer that I would enjoy. I put a hold on The Scarecrow and looked for another of his works to read before that became available. This book...

from clif_hiker

After reading the 6th or 7th Harry Bosch story (A Darkness More than Night); I wandered over to this series with Jack MacEvoy. Bosch et.al. kept referring to the 'Poet' case, and MacEvoy shows up in connection with the new case... anyway, one of things I like about Connelly's books is that he so ...

from Stahl-Ricco

"Death is my beat." Good first line of a good book! A journalist's brother's death is ruled a suicide, but he believes it's a homicide. Enter our serial killer, The Poet. But who is he/she? The book follows the path of Jack, the journalist, as he tries to uncover the motives and secrets of the pe...

from Lauren2013

The Poet3 StarsAs the crime reporter for a Denver newspaper, Jack McAvoy is used to violence and death. That said, he is shocked to the core when his brother, a homicide detective, is found with a self-inflicted gunshot wound. In an attempt to cope, Jack decides to write a story about police suic...