THE SCARECROW - MICHAEL CONNELLY

Jack McEvoy is at the end of the line as a crime reporter. He's got 30 days left on the job but is going to go out with a bang – a final story that will win the newspaper journalism's highest honor – a Pulitzer prize.

Jack focuses on Alonzo Winslow, a 16-year-old drug dealer who has confessed to police that he brutally raped and strangled one of his clients.

But as Jack delves into the story he soon realises that Alonzo's so-called confession is bogus, and Jack is onto a killer who has worked completely below police and FBI radar. But his investigation has inadvertently set off a digital tripwire and the killer – the Scarecrow – now knows he's coming..

HARD COVER WITH DUST JACKET. AS NEW