Thursday, September 08, 2005

The Poet by Michael Connelly

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(480 pages)
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The apparent suicide of his policeman brother sets Denver crime reporter Jack McEvoy on edge. Surprise at the circumstances of his brother's death prompts Jack to look into a whole series of police suicides and puts him on the trail of a cop-killer whose victims are selected all too carefully. Not only that, but they all leave suicide notes drawn from the poems of writer Edgar Allan Poe in their wake. More frightening still the killer appears to know that Jack is getting nearer and nearer. An investigation that looks like being the story of a lifetime, might also be Jack's ticket to a lonely end.

I finally got round to this (i have the sequel to read and pass on so I had to) and I certainly wasnt disappointed.
The story moved at a really fast pace with lots of little twists and turns and shocks too.
I would reccomend this to anyone who enjoys a thriller and detective story where the lead isnt actually a detective in the traditional sense :)

I am now moving on to 'The Narrows' can't wait......

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