The Poet by Michael Connelly →

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Death is reporter Jack McEvoy's beat: his calling, his obsession, and we are told that right at the start. This story is about a serial killer who is cunning and brutally savage. Stephen Kings said of the book in the introduction that he wrote that the book scared him.

Jack McEvoy is a crime reporter for the Rocky Mountain News, and this time he is searching for information about a killer who targets homicide cops, each haunted by a murder case he couldn't crack. The killers leave a signature with each victim, a quotation from Edgar Allan Poe's works.

The latest victim is McEvoy's brother, so Jack digs even more profound, making himself so visible that he becomes a target. After much investigation, Jack concludes that his brother's death was made to look like a suicide by a serial killer.

This was the 5th book written by Michael Connelly, and it was published in 1996. It clearly shows that Connelly is a master storyteller.

The Law Of Innocence by Michael Connelly →

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A former police reporter for the Los Angeles Times, Michael Connelly is the best of the best crime writers bringing details to the story that pull you into the plot. In The Law of Innocence, Defense attorney Mickey Haller is pulled over by police, who find a client’s body in his Lincoln’s trunk. Haller is charged with murder and can’t make the exorbitant $5 million bail slapped on him by a vindictive judge.

Of course, Mickey decides to defend himself but is faced with building his defense from his jail cell in the Twin Towers Correctional Center in downtown Los Angeles where his safety is a problem.

Mickey knows he’s been framed, and his team has no doubts about that. His half-brother Harry Bosch joins the team to help move from his nousualole as on the prosecution team.

The time setting for the story is in early 2020, and Connelly weaves in rumors of a spreading virus, people begin wearing masks, and chaos breaks out in the communities.

Another great job by this talented author.