The Poet - Michael Connelly

For those who like a good action / thriller read then "The Poet" by Michael Connelly will do the trick.

The book follows newspaper reporter Jack McEvoy who'se brother Sean - a local police detective has just died in an apparent suicide. The more McEvoy digs, the more apparent it becomes that his brother did not die at his own hand and in fact this is the work of an ingenious serial killer.

On further investigation McEvoy finds out that there are a number of other cases across the country were leading police detectives have committed suicides - apparently tortured by grim cases that they are working on.

McEvoy takes his information to the FBI and is quickly drafted in to a high profile task team where he is torn between his desire to write a cracking story for the newspaper or keep mum on the info and try to lead to the arrest of the killer.

"The Poet" was a good solid read without being absolutely gripping. I enjoyed the interaction and character development and there is quite a good twist at the end of the story which keeps you guess to the end.

We rated it a 3 out of 5.

Title: The Poet
Author: Michael Connelly
ISBN-13: 978-1-4091-1693-6

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