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|  | Author: Michael Connelly
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
List Price: $35.99
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Rating:  236 reviews
Sales Rank: 461758
Format: Large Print
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Hardcover
Edition: Lrg
Pages: 672
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 6.2 x 2
ISBN: 0316043672
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780316043670
ASIN: 0316043672
Publication Date: May 26, 2009
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 OUTSTANDING IN HIS FIELD October 17, 2009
Bookworm (St. George Utah)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
THE SCARECROW is a two-fold story. The first part takes us into the mind and modus operandi of a serial killer, while the second takes us into the personal and professional life of Jack McEvoy, crime reporter for the L.A. Times, and the impending demise of not only his job but newspaper business as we know it. The culprit aiding and abetting in both instances is the internet.
Michael Connelly's story reads like it was taken from the nightly news report. The killer identifies and tracks his victims utilizing the personal information that everyone seems to be so eager to share with their faceless "friends" out there in cyper-space. Newspaper writers are losing their jobs because this same internet can bring the news into our homes faster and can utilize less expensive novice writers straight out of journalism school to produce the copy
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Jack has been given his pink slip (RIF) by the Times, has two weeks to train his replacement before he hits the bricks, and has received an irate call from a woman stating that her "boy" has been accused for a murder he didn't commit. While investigating her claim Jack and his novice trainee Angela accidently stumble upon a bigger and better story that puts both of their lives in jeopardy. Enter Jack's one time love, FBI profiler Rachel Walling. Now all the characters are in place and the story really starts rolling.
Connelly has taken some unoriginal basics, added his own particular brand of insight and commentary, then gives it a little tweek here and a twist there to produce a story and characters that will hook you and keep you reading into the wee small hours of the morning. Another engrossing read from one of my favorite authors. 4 1/2 stars
The ScareCrow October 16, 2009
"Leo" (Maryland)
Scarecrow was a well written novel written by a man who I can honestly say is a true storyteller. Initially when reading this book, I stopped because I didn't like the statement of the story about "I could tell she was an uneducated black female". I was really turned off. After months passed, I picked this book back up and I'm glad that I did.
It's a real page turner about Jack, who is a reporter with the LA times who is given a pink slip. In the two weeks that he has left at the paper, he sets off to write an article that could bring in awards and make the paper wish they never laid him off. Jack begins to follow up on a call about a 16-year-old being falsely accused of a heinous crime when he stumbles on the pattern of a serial killer.
He does it again!! October 12, 2009
S. Kaiser (Sandusky, Ohio)
Once again I am pleased to have read one of Michael
Connelly's books. In Scarecrow, the suspence is almost palpable at times.
The Scarecrow October 11, 2009
Elise Cooper
The book is in excellent condition other than what was described to me before I bought it -- still worth it! Thanks so much!
The return of Jack McEvoy October 8, 2009
M. Emrich (Denver, Co.)
I have always called "The Poet" my favorite Connelly novel, but it has been so long since I have read it that I have forgotten the reasons why. One of the reasons that I began writing amazon reviews was to go back over books I have read and keep the reasons fresher. I never read a novel more than once. I am not that fast of a reader and there is so much great stuff to read. That being said I never miss a Connelly release, and I would go so far as to say that he is my favorite current author. The Scarecrow has not taken over the number two spot for me in Connelly's oeuvre, but it is not too far down the list. Jack McEvoy and Rachel Walling make a great team and Connelly is able to create the reality of a reporter dealing with the changes going on in newspaper publishing as easily as he is able to create a lawyer to rival the best of Grisham and Turow and the best detective working in fiction today.
Connelly is so gifted, he really weaves terrific plots. With the Scarecrow he has created a strange villian whose computer geek genius provides a host of challenges for the team of McEvoy and Walling. I have finished the Scarecrow just in time for the release of 9 Dragons. I love the fact that Connelly is becoming a bit more prolific without sacrificing the quality of his work. (The Overlook nothwithstanding)
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