![]() ![]() ![]() This time the source of evil cyber-mayhem is the Farm, an underground desert bunker that Mr. The death of that newspaper and the slow collapse of The Los Angeles Times, where Jack has now spent seven years, create an unusually ominous backdrop.Īnd in “The Scarecrow,” as in “The Poet,” the insidious powers of computer technology are part of the overall menace. At that point Jack was a reporter for The Rocky Mountain News. This book’s main character is the newspaper reporter Jack McEvoy, who was at his professional prime when he triumphed over evil in “The Poet” (1996). ![]() They seem almost humdrum in comparison with the larger fears that “The Scarecrow” summons. These killings are just business as usual for a crime writer as seasoned as Mr. But the trunk murders aren’t the scary part of Michael Connelly’s new story. The perpetrator of these acts is a kinky beast even by the standards of novels about serial sex crimes. “The Scarecrow” involves the serial killing of women who are abducted, violently assaulted, asphyxiated and then stuffed in car trunks. ![]()
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