Forced out of the Los Angeles Times amid the latest budget cuts, newspaperman Jack McEvoy decides to go out with a bang, using his final days at the paperto write the definitive murder story of his career.

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.

Jack is soon running with his biggest story since The Poetmade 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.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Little Brown and Company
Published: 05/26/2009
ISBN: 9780316043670
Pages: 656
Weight: 2.35lbs
Size: 9.54h x 6.45w x 1.68d
Large Print
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 131239 / Scarecrow
Reading Level: 5.3 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 17