The Scarecrow

Book Details

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Author(s):

Michael Connelly

First Pub:

2008

Genre(s):

Crime; Mystery; Thriller

First Read:

2023

Times Read:

1 time

Rating:

Chapters:

See 20

1 - The Farm

2 - The Velvet Coffin

3 - The Farm

4 - The Big Three-oh

5 - The Farm

6 - The Loneliest Road in America

7 - The Farm

8 - Home Sweet Home

9 - The Dark of Dreams

10 - Live at Five

11 - The Cold, Hard Earth

12 - Coast to Coast

13 - Together Again

14 - One False Move

15 - The Farm

16 - Dark Fiber

17 - The Farm

18 - A Call to Action

19 - Bakersfield

20 - The Scarecrow

Internal ID:

13398

Series:

The Poet
Fair Warning

Jack McEvoy*

#2 of 3

Jack McEvoy*

A series of fiction novels written by Michael Connelly featuring crime reporter Jack McEvoy. These take place in the world of Harry Bosch.

View this series in the book list

1) The Poet
2) The Scarecrow
3) Fair Warning

Harry Bosch World

#19 of 38

Harry Bosch World

Novels that take place within the same world that Harry Bosch exists. Written by Michael Connelly

View this series in the book list

1) The Black Echo
2) The Black Ice
3) The Concrete Blonde
4) The Last Coyote
5) The Poet
6) Trunk Music
7) Blood Work
8) Angels Flight
9) Void Moon
10) A Darkness More than Night
11) City of Bones
12) Lost Light
13) The Narrows
14) The Closers
15) The Lincoln Lawyer
16) Echo Park
17) The Overlook
18) The Brass Verdict
19) The Scarecrow
20) Nine Dragons
21) The Reversal
22) The Fifth Witness
23) The Drop
24) The Black Box
25) The Gods of Guilt
26) The Burning Room
27) The Crossing
28) The Wrong Side of Goodbye
29) The Late Show
30) Two Kinds of Truth
31) Dark Sacred Night
32) The Night Fire
33) Fair Warning
34) The Law of Innocence
35) The Dark Hours
36) Desert Star
37) Resurrection Walk
38) The Waiting

Copyright:

Dedication:

To James Crumley,
for The Last Good Kiss

First Sentence:

Carver paced in the control room, watching over the front forty.

Last Sentence:

May contain spoilers

He waited in darkness.

Comments:

No comments on file

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Added: 03-Aug-2022

Last Updated: 08-Jul-2023

26-May-2009

Hachette Audio

Audiobook

Date Issued:

26-May-2009

Format:

Audiobook

Cover Price:

28.50

Length:

11 hrs 15 min (559 pages)

"Read":

Once

Reading(s):

1) 31 May 2023 - 1 Jun 2023

Cover Link(s):

amazon.com

Internal ID:

23226

Publisher:

Hachette Audio

ISBN:

Unknown

Country:

United States

Language:

English

Credits:

Peter Giles - Narration

From audible.com:

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 realizes 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.

Cover:

Notes and Comments:

Other book covers for this series run

Grand Central Publishing

Paperback B

Date Issued:

Cir 01-Jan-2018

Format:

Paperback B

Cover Price:

$9.99

Pages*:

419

Cover Link(s):

amazon.com

Internal ID:

23250

Publisher:

Grand Central Publishing

ISBN:

1-478-94828-0

ISBN-13:

978-1-478-94828-5

Printing:

Country:

United States

Language:

English

Credits:

Faceout Studio - Cover Design
Tim Green - Cover Design

THE SCARECROW

Once a hotshot in the newsroom, crime reporter Jack McEvoy is now about to be laid off at the Los Angeles Times. Deciding to use his final work days to write the definitive murder story of his career, he focuses on Alonzo Winslow, an imprisoned sixteen-year-old drug dealer who confessed to the murder of a young woman found strangled in the trunk of her car. But as Jack delves into the story, he realizes that Winslow's so-called confession is bogus. The kid might actually be innocent.

When Jack connects the L.A. trunk killing to an earlier murder in Las Vegas, he is on the biggest story he's had since the Poet crossed his path years before. But Jack doesn’t know that his investigation has set off a digital trip wire. The killer knows Jack is coming... and he's ready.

"CONNELLY HAS THE NERVE AND TIMING OF A WHOLE SWAT TEAM."
- New York Times Book Review

"INGENIOUS... TWISTED BRILLIANCE."
- Washington Post

"CRIME FICTION AT ITS BEST."
- Miami Herald

Cover:

Notes and Comments:

First oversize mass market edition: February 2010
Fourth printing based on the number line
Canada: $12.99

Includes:
Preview of Dark Sacred Night by Michael Connelly.

Other book covers for this series run

The Scarecrow

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Fair Warning

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26-May-2009
Hachette Audio
Audiobook

01-Jan-2018
Grand Central Publishing
Paperback B

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Author(s)

Michael Connelly
Birth: 21 Jul 1956 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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