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The scarecrow

Michael Connelly
2009
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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 paperto 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 Poetmade his career years ago. He is tracking a killer who operates completely below police radar--and with…

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Editions

11 editions
  • Paperback · English · 2009
    Allen & Unwin · 9780446551618
  • Ebook · English · 2009
    Little, Brown and Company · 9780316073455
  • Audiobook · English · 2009
    Hachette Audio · 9781600245718
  • Audiobook · English · 2009
    Hachette Audio · 9781409101307
  • Hardcover · English · 2009
    Little, Brown and Company · 672 pages · 9780316043670
  • Audiobook · English · 2009
    Little, Brown & Company · 9781600245749
JournalistsFictionSerial murder investigationComputer industryThrillerFiction, mystery & detective, generalJournalists, fictionLos angeles (calif.), fiction