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Reviewed by Nancy Eaton

In most novels, you don’t know who the killer is until the very end of the book. The Scarecrow is just the opposite. You know whom the killer is from very early on. Michael Connelly then takes the reader on a very thrilling ride as newspaper reporter, Jack McEvoy, tries to catch the killer.

Things have been going downhill for Jack lately. His marriage did not last very long and now he is told that the newspaper is cutting back and he would no longer have a job. As Jack stated, it is not called getting a pink slip anymore but a reduction in force. To make matters worse, Jack is asked to train his own replacement.

Jack is working on his last story involving a sixteen-year-old drug dealer who confesses to the murder of an exotic dancer. Her body was found in the trunk of a car. Jack receives a call from the young man’s mother telling him that her boy is not guilty. Jack soon realizes that the young man could very well be innocent. He then makes a connection between this murder and another one in Las Vegas. This could be one of Jack’s most sensational stories. He heads for Las Vegas. He also has the help of Rachael Walling, an FBI investigator.

There is a problem. What Jack does not realize is that the killer is always one step ahead of him!

Will Jack and Rachael find the killer before it is too late?

Michael Connelly is one of the best at writing mystery novels. With the Scarecrow, he is at the top of his game. I have read many of his books and this one is the best yet. I really liked the character of Jack McEvoy who really fits in so well with the sharp storyline. Michael Connelly is a master at taking the reader back and forth from McEvoy’s thoughts to the killer’s. Don’t pass on The Scarecrow. Read it and you will see why Michael Connelly is one of the greatest writers around today!