Jack McEvoy, a reporter, and Rachel Walling, an FBI agent, in Denver, Colorado, and Los Angeles, California.
John “Jack” McEvoy is a literary character created by Michael Connelly in the 1996 novel The Poet and starring again it the sequel the Scarecrow thirteen years later. In the interim, McEvoy appeared in one Harry Bosch novel – 2001’s A Darkness More Than Night – and one Mickey Haller novel – 2008’s The Brass Verdict.
Connelly describes his time writing about McEvoy as his “least favorable writing experience” [1] because “he is easily the most autobiographical character I have ever written about”.[2] After publishing the Scarecrow, Connelly confirmed that “Jack is on the back burner.”
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(…)
Jack McEvoy is at the end of the line as a crime reporter. Forced to take a buy-out from the LA Times as the newspaper grapples with dwindling readership and revenues, he’s got 30 days left on the job. His last assignment? Training his replacement, a low cost reporter just out of J-school who couldn’t(…)