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Overview

New York Times bestselling author Michael Connelly has written one explosive thriller after another featuring Detective Harry Bosch. Now, in an electrifying departure, he presents a novel that breaks all the rules and will keep your heart racing and your mind guessing until the very last page.
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 Allen Poe. His latest victim is McEvoy's own brother. And his last...may be McEvoy himself.

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In a departure from his crime novels featuring LAPD's Harry Bosch, Connelly (The Last Coyote) sets Denver journalist Jack McEvoy on an intricate case where age-old evils come to flower within Internet technology. Jack's twin brother, Sean, a Denver homicide detective obsessed with the mutilation murder of a young woman, is discovered in his car, dead of an apparently self-inflicted gunshot, with a cryptic note written on the windshield. Jack's investigation uncovers a series of cop suicides across the country, all of which have in common both the cops' deep concerns over recent cases and their last messages, which have been taken, he quickly determines, from the writings of Edgar Allan Poe. As his information reopens cases in Chicago, Baltimore, Dallas, New Mexico and Florida, Jack joins up with a team from the FBI's Behavioral Science Section, which includes sharp, attractive agent Rachel Walling. Connections between the dead cops, the cases they were working on and the FBI profile of a pedophile whom readers know as William Gladden occur at breakneck speed, as Jack and the team race to stay ahead of the media. Edgar-winning Connelly keeps a surprise up his sleeve until the very end of this authoritatively orchestrated thriller, when Jack finds himself in California, caught at the center of an intricate web woven from advanced computer technology and more elemental drives. (Jan.)
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The Edgar Award-winning Connelly (The Concrete Blond, Audio Reviews, LJ 9/1/94) introduces us to Jack McEvoy, Denver journalist. While investigating the suicide of his twin brother, a detective, McEvoy finds the death was actually a cleverly disguised murder. As he digs deeper, he becomes enmeshed in a nationwide FBI hunt for two psychopathic pedophiles, one a con and the other a literati cop. The majority of the narrative is told in the first person by McEvoy, while scenes depicting the murderers are rendered in the third person. This makes the tale a bit awkward to follow, yet Connelly is able to realistically show us both criminal and police psychology. Although the plot is somewhat contrived, the author weaves a very engrossing tale. Reader Buck Schirner displays his great versatility by giving each character a convincing voice. This is a fine reading of a mostly fascinating mystery.Michael T. Fein, Catawba Valley Community Coll., Hickory, N.C.
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A cunning, poet-quoting serial killer of unprecedented savagery executes one homicide cop after another, each of whom is haunted by a murder case he didn't crack. Reporter Jack McEvoy is hot on the case because his brother was the first victim, and he could be next. From the first page, this novel is a riveting rush of a story, an investigation that leaps from the superheated pressures of a major newspaper following a national story to the centers of the FBI's most secret operations.

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780446602617
  • Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
  • Publication date: 1/28/1997
  • Format: Mass Market Paperback
  • Edition description: Reissue
  • Edition number: 1
  • Pages: 528
  • Sales rank: 43,072
  • Series: Jack McEvoy Series
  • Product dimensions: 4.10 (w) x 6.70 (h) x 1.20 (d)

Meet the Author

Michael  Connelly
Michael Connelly

Michael Connelly is a former journalist and has won every major prize for crime fiction. He lives in Florida.

Biography

Best known for his dark police procedurals featuring the tough, complex and emotionally scarred LAPD detective, Hieronymous "Harry" Bosch, Michael Connelly has been called "infernally ingenious" (The New York Times), "one of those masters...who can keep driving the story forward in runaway locomotive style" (USA Today) and "the top rank of a new generation of crime writers" (The Los Angeles Times).

Consistently exquisite prose and engrossing storylines play an integral role in his swelling success. However, Connelly believes that solid character development is the most important key. As he explained to MagnaCumMurder.com, "I think books with weak or translucent plots can survive if the character being drawn along the path is rich, interesting and multi-faceted. The opposite is not true."

A native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Connelly attended the University of Florida; there he discovered the works of Raymond Chandler -- author of many classic Los Angeles-based noir dramas such as The Big Sleep, The Long Goodbye, and Farewell, My Lovely. The cases of Philip Marlowe inspired Connelly to be a crime novelist -- and by studying journalism, he put himself in the perfect position. "I went into journalism to learn the craft of writing and to get close to the world I wanted to write about -- police and criminals, the criminal justice system," he told MagnaCumMurder.com.

After graduation, Connelly worked the crime beat for two Florida newspapers. When a story he and a colleague wrote about the disastrous 1985 crash of Delta Flight 191 was short-listed for the Pulitzer, Connelly landed a gig in Marlowe's backyard, covering crime for one of the nation's largest newspapers -- The Los Angeles Times. Three years later, Harry Bosch was introduced in The Black Echo, which earned Connelly the Edgar Award for Best First Novel. Connelly has since won every major mystery honor, including the Anthony (The Poet, Blood Work) and the Macavity Award (Blood Work).

While Connelly has written stand-alone novels that don't feature his tragic protagonist Harry Bosch, he is best identified by his rigid, contentious and fiery -- but also immensely skilled and compassionate -- detective. According to The Boston Globe, the Bosch series "raises the hard-boiled detective novel to a new level...adding substance and depth to modern crime fiction."

Called "one of the most compelling, complex protagonists in recent crime fiction" (Newsweek) and "a terrific...wonderful, old-fashioned hero who isn't afraid to walk through the flames -- and suffer the pain for the rest of us" (The New York Times Book Review), Bosch faces unforgettable horrors every day -- either on the street or in his own mind. "Bosch is making up for wrongs done to him when he rights wrongs as a homicide detective," Connelly explained in an interview with his publisher. "In a way, he is an avenging angel."

Bosch is clearly a product of his deadly, unforgiving environment. "The philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche once wrote that when you look into the darkness of the abyss the abyss looks into you. Probably no other line or thought more inspires or informs my work," said Connelly in the same interview. With each passing novel, Bosch looks deeper and deeper into the abyss; and readers continue to return to see just how far he will gaze.

Good To Know

  • Michael Connelly received a huge career boost in 1994 when then President Bill Clinton was photographed walking out of a Washington bookstore with a copy of The Concrete Blonde under his arm. Connelly remarked to USA Today, "In the six years I've been writing books, that is the biggest thrill I've had."

  • Real events have always inspired Connelly's plots. His novel Blood Work was inspired by a friend who underwent transplant surgery and was coping with survivor's guilt, knowing someone had died in order for him to live. The book was later developed into a feature film starring Clint Eastwood, Angelica Huston, and Jeff Daniels.

  • One of Connelly's writing professors at the University of Florida was cult novelist Harry Crews.

  • Connelly named his most famous character after the 15th Century Dutch painter, Hieronymous Bosch. As he told Bookends UK in an interview, Bosch "created richly detailed landscapes of debauchery and violence and human defilement. There is a ‘world gone mad' feel to many of his works, including one called ‘Hell' -- of which a print hangs on the wall over the computer where I write." Some interesting outtakes from our interview with Connelly:

    "I wrote a mystery story as a class paper in high school. It was called The Perfect Murder. The protagonist's named was McEvoy, a name I later used for the protagonist in The Poet. Being a witness to a crime when I was 16 was what made me interested in crime novels and mystery stories."

    "I wrote my first real murder story as a journalist for the Daytona Beach News Journal in 1980. It was about a body found in the woods. Later, the murder was linked to a serial killer who was later caught and executed for his crimes."

    "Everything I want people to know about me is in my books."

      1. Hometown:
        Sarasota, Florida
      1. Date of Birth:
        July 21, 1956
      2. Place of Birth:
        Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
      1. Education:
        B.A. in Journalism, University of Florida, 1980
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    • Posted March 14, 2011

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      Michael Connelly has become one of my favorite writers. His crime novels are all edge of your seat thrilling. The Poet was no exception. I loved his new character Jack McEvoy and I enjoyed the insightful look inside journalists. Connelly really does keep you guessing. As soon as you think you have it figured out, he unveils another fact that has you questioning what really is going on. I highly recommend this for all Connelly fans and for those who have not read a book of his yet. This is a great one to start with.

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    • Posted July 1, 2011

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      The Poet

      I am reading all of Michael Connelly's books in order, which is the best way to read his novels, and The Poet is his fifth book and first to not have his famous character, Harry Bosch. The Poet is narrated by crime reporter Jack McEvoy, a character just as great as Bosch. I never reveal plot in my reviews but I will say this, each time I read a Connelly novel, I realize why he is my favorite mystery writer. His plots keep me up all night wanting to read more. The Poet is a major highlight in Connelly's career.

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    • Posted February 18, 2012

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      Outstanding

      I've been reading Connelly's books in order, obviously the Bosch series primarily. Love his writing and love that series, and almost skipped over The Poet. I'm so glad I bought and read it. Might actually be my favorite Connelly book to date and I've read 8 or 9 of his works thus far. Such a great story, loaded with twists and turns and his characters are very real. In fact, a couple of the characters that we find unlikeable, they come across as intriguing and have the reader wanting to learn more and more about what makes them tick. The plot is superior, and the developments are often quick and shocking.

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    • Posted April 29, 2012

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      Okay, so we all love Harry Bosch. So do I. So what else is new?

      Okay, so we all love Harry Bosch. So do I. So what else is new? No Harry Bosch here though. Sorry. But if you haven't read THE POET, you don't know what you're missing. Not all great mysteries require Harry Bosch. They just require Michael Connelly. THE POET is superb. You'll have a very hard time putting it down once you start it. And the ending is a big surprise. Check it out - you'll be glad you did.

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    • Posted April 4, 2012

      Not my favorite.

      I am having a hard time getting into this one. I usually love Michael Connelly, but this is not my favorite of his. About halfway through, so hopefully it will pick up...

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    • Anonymous

      Posted March 28, 2012

      Love Michael Connelly

      Really enjoyed the book. It started a little slow, but it picked up not too far in and really kept me guessing.

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      Posted March 20, 2012

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    • Posted February 27, 2012

      The Best of the Best

      Connelly is the best of many great mystery writers and this is his best.

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    • Anonymous

      Posted February 18, 2012

      A great read.

      I love Michael Connelly and the Poet doesn't disappoint. This is about his journalist character, Jack McEvoy. I read them out of order, but it doesn't bother me much. This one kept me up nights. I couldn't put it down. I was skeptical about moving on to a new character since I loved Harry the police detective and Micky the defense lawyer, but I like Jack also.

      This book, as with Connelly's others is for serious detective, mystery readers. I have 4 more books, then I will have read everything this author has written, I like him that much.

      I think a book club would have fun with this one, seeing a crime from a journalist's stand point. You inadvertently learn a lot about the art of journalism.

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    • Posted January 26, 2012

      Highly Recommended!!!!!!!

      This book changed my life. Seriously. Before I read this novel, I never wanted to read a book. I can't even explain why I chose this book at first, but I read the back synopsis and seemingly instantly got hooked and I had to read it. Since then I have read every single book by Michael Connelly and I have branched out to other authors including Nelson Demille, George R R Martin, Stieg larsson and more.

      The Poet is an expertly crafted cat and mouse game that I would highly recommend to any fan of fiction and/or crime novels.

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    • Posted January 4, 2012

      Simply loved this book!

      This is a great book. Love all of Michael Connelly's books.

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    • Anonymous

      Posted December 28, 2011

      awesome fun

      love it.

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    • Posted November 27, 2011

      Great Read

      I only wish that I had read this book before reading The Narrows (Harry Bosch Series #10). Michael Connelly always writes one of the best mystery books. They grab you right away. The Poet is no exception and has a very unexpected twist.

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    • Posted October 27, 2011

      Love Michael Connelly

      I started reading Michael Connelly's Harry Bosch series and got hooked.
      I ventured to the Poet because of the connection to Harry and was not disappointed. Great stories from a great author.

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    • Posted August 28, 2011

      Good read

      Kept calling me back. looking for something scarey

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    • Posted August 15, 2011

      Gripping thriller - loved it!

      Jack MacAvoy is a Denver journalist - his twin brother, a police detective, commits suicide. Jack is obsessed with his brother's death, struggles with the suicide - why would Sean do this when his life was so good? A fascinating, gripping crime novel that keeps the reader turning pages faster than you can say Jack Spratt! Loved this compelling, twisting, frightening thriller - believable characters... very well written. I will pursue all of Connelly's books going forward!

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    • Posted June 24, 2011

      Another great title!

      Connnelly is officially one of my favorite authors; can't put his books down! Wow, what a great book! It'll keep you on the edge of your seat until the last word.....literally....looking forward to the next read.

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    • Posted May 28, 2011

      Just when you think it's over...

      ...it's not over. Great read!

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    • Anonymous

      Posted May 1, 2011

      Don't miss this one!

      One of my favorites from Connelly. It's ingenious how he has woven so many of his standard characters into this story. A thrilling read!

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    • Posted December 26, 2010

      a great thriller without yiur typical cop hero.

      i liked how the main character was a journalist. It gave a different veiw on how detectives operate, while still being a very compelling thrilller.

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