An autonomous crime thriller starring Jack McEvoy, the hero of the book "The Poet," from the internationally bestselling author of "The Lincoln Lawyer" and "The Brass Verdict." Jack McEvoy is at the end of the line as a crime reporter. Forced to take severance from the Los Angeles Times, he has 30 days left on the job. His final assignment? To train his replacement, a financial reporter who has just graduated from journalism school. However, Jack has other plans for his departure. He'll go out with a bang: with one last story that will win the highest journalism award - the Pulitzer. Jack focuses on Alonzo Winslow, a sixteen-year-old drug dealer from the projects, who has confessed to the police that he raped and strangled one of his clients. However, as Jack investigates the story, he soon realizes that Alonzo's so-called confession is false. The investigation leads him to a serial killer known as "The Scarecrow," who has been operating completely under the radar of the police and the FBI. Jack is soon back on the crime beat and chasing the biggest story he's had since "The Poet" crossed his path twelve years ago - but The Scarecrow knows he's coming...

Pages: 576, Dimensions: 13.8x13.8cm