The Poet

Connelly, Michael

ISBN 10: 0752801147 / ISBN 13: 9780752801148

Published by Orion, London, 1996

About this Item

First edition, first printing of the first novel in the "Jack McEvoy" and "Rachel Walling" series. SIGNED by Connelly on the title page. The UK edition precedes the US edition by a month. The UK edition was published on April 15, 1996 and the US edition was released May 15, 1996. In fine / fine condition. Seller Inventory # 39396

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Poet

Publisher: Orion, London

Publication Date: 1996

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Fine

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: 1st Edition

About this title

Synopsis:

The apparent suicide of his policeman brother sets Denver crime reporter Jack McEvoy on edge. Surprise at the circumstances of his brother's death prompts Jack to look into a whole series of police suicides and puts him on the trail of a cop-killer whose victims are selected all too carefully. Not only that, but they all leave suicide notes drawn from the poems of writer Edgar Allan Poe in their wake.

More frightening still, the killer appears to know that Jack is getting nearer and nearer. An investigation that looks like the story of a lifetime might also be Jack's ticket to a lonely end.

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)