The Poet

With His Four Harry Bosch Novels, Michael Connelly Joined The Top Rank Of A New Generation Of Crime Writers (los Angeles Times). Now Connelly Returns With His Most Searing Thriller Yet A Major New Departure That Recalls The Best Work Of Thomas Harris (red Dragon, Silence Of The Lambs) And James Patterson (along Came A Spider). Our Hero Is Jack Mcevoy, A Rocky Mountain News Crime-beat Reporter. As The Novel Opens, Jack's Twin Brother, A Denver Homicide Detective, Has Just Killed Himself. Or So It Seems. But When Jack Begins To Investigate The Phenomenon Of Police Suicides, A Disturbing Pattern Emerges, And Soon Suspects That A Serial Murderer Is At Work A Devious Cop Killer Who's Left A Coast-to-coast Trail Of Suicide Notes Drawn From The Poems Of Edgar Allan Poe. It's The Story Of A Lifetime Except That The Poet Already Seems To Know That Jack Is Trailing Him. Here Is Definitive Proof That Michael Connelly Is Among The Best Suspense Novelist Working Today.