The Scarecrow (Jack McEvoy, 2)

The Scarecrow (Jack McEvoy, 2)

Forced out of the <I>Los Angeles Times</I> amid the latest budget cuts, newspaperman Jack McEvoy decides to go out with a bang, using his final days at the <EM>paper</EM><EM> </EM>to write the definitive murder story of his career. <BR><BR>He focuses on Alonzo Winslow, a 16-year-old drug dealer in jail after confessing to a brutal murder. But as he delves into the story, Jack realizes that Winslow's so-called confession is bogus. The kid might actually be innocent.<BR><BR>Jack is soon running with his biggest story since The Poet<I> </I>made his career years ago. He is tracking a killer who operates completely below police radar--and with perfect knowledge of any move against him. Including Jack's.