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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 paper to 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...

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Main Author: Connelly, Michael, 1956-
Other Authors: Giles, Peter, 1971-
Format: Audiobooks eAudiobook Downloads eAudiobook
Language:English
Published: [New York] : Books on Tape, 2009.
Series:Connelly, Michael, 1956- Harry Bosch Universe ; 20.
Connelly, Michael, 1956- Jack McEvoy ; 2.
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Journalists > Fiction.
Serial murder investigation > Fiction.
Computer industry > Fiction.
Los Angeles (Calif.) > Fiction.
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Mystery fiction.
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Summary: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 paper to 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.
Item Description:Downloadable audio file.
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Unabridged.
Duration: 11:15:27.
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 sound file)
ISBN:9781607888093
1607888092
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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