- Detective and mystery stories, Police murders, Journalists, Serial murders
An acclaimed novel by the Edgar Award-winning author of The Concrete Blonde follows crime-beat reporter Jack McEvoy as he tracks down a versifying serial killer who preys on police detectives.
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- Author
- Michael Connelly
- First published
- 1996
- Pages
- 512
- Publisher
- BCA, Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd ), Grand Central
- Editions
- 15
- Language
- Chinese, English
- ISBN
- 9780752869445
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“Death is my beat.”
Michael Connelly is an American author of detective novels and other crime fiction, notably those featuring LAPD Detective Hieronymus "Harry" Bosch and criminal defense attorney Mickey Haller. His books, which have been translated into 39 languages, have garnered him many awards. Connelly was the President of the Mystery Writers of America from 2003 to 2004.
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