The Scare Crow by Michael Connelly

Book 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 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.

My thoughts
I like a good thriller and mystery. “The Scare Crow” is a good thriller, but not so much a mystery as the villain (a psychopathic killer) is revealed early on in the novel. Michael Connelly has written an intense novel and mentions The Poet (which I thought was one of his best). He also brings back FBI Agent Rachel Walling and Jack McEvoy whom both appeared in “The Poet”. I haven’t read many of Connelly’s books and enjoyed the internet security, hacking and identity theft aspect of the story. Make you wonder. He is a fine author and is detailed in his writing. It drew me into the story: a good escapist novel.