The Poet (Jack McEvoy, 1)
FROM THE #1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE HARRY BOSCH AND LINCOLN LAWYER SERIES
An electrifying standalone thriller that breaks all the rules! With an introduction by Stephen King.
Death is reporter Jack McEvoy's beat: his calling, his obsession. But this time, death brings McEvoy the story he never wanted to write--and the mystery he desperately needs to solve. A serial killer of unprecedented savagery and cunning is at large. His targets: homicide cops, each haunted by a murder case he couldn't crack. The killer's calling card: a quotation from the works of Edgar Allan Poe. His latest victim is McEvoy's own brother. And his last...may be McEvoy himself.
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This book gets an "okay" from me. I didn't hate it - not at all. Three stars is a solid review. But, I confess, I didn't love it. It lacked the page-turning thrilleresque concept I'd like to see in a murder mystery.
Reporter Jack McEvoy's is an expert in writing about death. It's his forte - and he has a "beat" with the paper that allows him to scan front page news and ferret out the real story. However, McEvoy finds himself writing about a death he never wanted to write - his twin brother. Ruled as a suicide, McEvoy just can't let it go. Call it "twin intuition"but he knows his brother would not do this. And he's right. McEvoy submerges himself in a serial killer's world of violent and grotesque crimes. At the heart of the maniac's focus: homicide cops figuratively drowning in a case they could not solve. In each murder, he leaves a calling card - a line from the renowned Edgar Allan Poe.
Connelly does a solid job setting up the crime and the characters, but the ending for me was predictable. There was a slight twist that made me go "a-ha" but it wasn't enough to really push my speculations aside. It was clearly going to go one way or the other - just needed to see which way.
A solid novel, but not a "must read" for me.
Reporter Jack McEvoy's is an expert in writing about death. It's his forte - and he has a "beat" with the paper that allows him to scan front page news and ferret out the real story. However, McEvoy finds himself writing about a death he never wanted to write - his twin brother. Ruled as a suicide, McEvoy just can't let it go. Call it "twin intuition"but he knows his brother would not do this. And he's right. McEvoy submerges himself in a serial killer's world of violent and grotesque crimes. At the heart of the maniac's focus: homicide cops figuratively drowning in a case they could not solve. In each murder, he leaves a calling card - a line from the renowned Edgar Allan Poe.
Connelly does a solid job setting up the crime and the characters, but the ending for me was predictable. There was a slight twist that made me go "a-ha" but it wasn't enough to really push my speculations aside. It was clearly going to go one way or the other - just needed to see which way.
A solid novel, but not a "must read" for me.
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