The Poet

Connelly, Michael

ISBN 10: 0316153982 / ISBN 13: 9780316153980

Published by Little Brown & Co, 1996

About this Item

The Poet by Michael Connelly. Signed by author on full title page. Signature only. Hardcover first edition, first printing published in 1995 by Little Brown.

Seller Inventory # 005460

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Poet
• Publisher: Little Brown & Co
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0316153982
• ISBN 13: 9780316153980
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Crime Novels

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Synopsis

Jack McEvoy specializes in death. As a crime reporter for the Rocky Mountain News, he has seen every kind of murder. But his professional bravado doesn't lessen the brutal shock of learning that his only brother is dead, a suicide.
Jack's brother was a homicide detective, and he had been depressed about a recent murder case, a hideously grisly one, that he'd been unable to solve. McEvoy decides that the best way to exorcise his grief is by writing a feature on police suicides. But when he begins his research, he quickly arrives at a stunning revelation. Following his leads, protecting his sources, muscling his way inside a federal investigation, Jack grabs hold of what is clearly the story of a lifetime. He also knows that in taking on the story, he's making himself the most visible target for a murderer who has eluded the greatest investigators alive.

Review

A suspense novel by a master of the genre. Once you're 50 pages in, I defy you to put it down (Stephen King)

Connelly is a crime writing genius (INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY)

His methods of killing and eluding detection are infernally ingenious, adding an intellectual charge to the visceral kick of the hunt (NEW YORK TIMES)

While the themes of Connelly's LA crime novels are familiar (power, envy, corruption), his plotting is anything but (ESQUIRE)

No one writes a better modern thriller than Connelly (TIME OUT)