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Newspaperman Jack McEvoy is being forced out the the Los Angeles Times do to budget cuts, so he decides to use his final days at the paper to write the story of his career. He finds out that 16-year-old Alonzo Winslow's confession to a brutal murder is false and now Jack's tracking the real killer.

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Main Author: Connelly, Michael, 1956-
Other Authors: Giles, Peter 1971- (Narrator)
Format: Audiobooks Audiobook (CD)
Language:English
Published: New York : Books on Tape, p2009.
Edition:Library ed.
Series:Connelly, Michael, 1956- Harry Bosch Universe ; 20.
Connelly, Michael, 1956- Jack McEvoy ; 2.
Subjects:
McEvoy, Jack (Fictitious character) > Fiction.
Journalists > Fiction.
Serial murder investigation > Fiction.
Computer industry > Fiction.
Los Angeles (Calif.) > Fiction.
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Summary:Newspaperman Jack McEvoy is being forced out the the Los Angeles Times do to budget cuts, so he decides to use his final days at the paper to write the story of his career. He finds out that 16-year-old Alonzo Winslow's confession to a brutal murder is false and now Jack's tracking the real killer.
Item Description:Subtitle from container.
Unabridged.
Compact discs.
Physical Description:10 sound discs (11 hr., 15 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
ISBN:9781415964590
1415964599
Author Notes:Michael Connelly was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on July 21, 1956. He graduated from the University of Florida in 1980 where he majored in journalism and minored in creative writing. After graduation, he worked at newspapers in Daytona Beach and Fort Lauderdale, Florida, specializing in the crime beat. In 1986, he interviewed survivors of a plane crash with two other reporters and the magazine story subsequently written on the crash was on the short list for the Pulitzer Prize for feature writing. This story led to a job as a crime reporter for the Los Angeles Times. After three years there, he began writing his first novel.

His first novel, The Black Echo, was published in 1992 and won the Edgar Award for best first novel. He is the author of the Harry Bosch series, the Jack McEvoy series, and the Mickey Haller series. He has won numerous awards including the Anthony Award, Macavity Award, Shamus Award, Dilys Award, Nero Award, Barry Award, Ridley Award, Maltese Falcon Award (Japan), .38 Caliber Award (France), Grand Prix Award (France), Premio Bancarella Award (Italy), and the Pepe Carvalho Award (Spain).

(Bowker Author Biography)

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