The magazine story also moved Connelly into the upper levels of journalism, landing him a job as a crime reporter for the Los Angeles Times, one of the largest papers in the country, and bringing him to the city of which his literary hero, Chandler, had written.Īfter three years on the crime beat in L.A., Connelly began writing his first novel to feature LAPD Detective Hieronymus Bosch. They wrote a magazine story on the crash and the survivors which was later short-listed for the Pulitzer Prize for feature writing. In 1986, he and two other reporters spent several months interviewing survivors of a major airline crash. In Fort Lauderdale he wrote about police and crime during the height of the murder and violence wave that rolled over South Florida during the so-called cocaine wars. Once he decided on this direction he chose a major in journalism and a minor in creative writing - a curriculum in which one of his teachers was novelist Harry Crews.Īfter graduating in 1980, Connelly worked at newspapers in Daytona Beach and Fort Lauderdale, Florida, primarily specializing in the crime beat. Michael Connelly decided to become a writer after discovering the books of Raymond Chandler while attending the University of Florida. When it comes to crime fiction, he remains one of the best in the business.Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads' database with this name.
On a couple of occasions, I was listening to this book when out for a walk on and I’d do an extra lap just to get to the end of a chapter. Chapters switch between McEvoy and The Shrike and it really helps to freshen up the narrative. AudiobookĪs an audiobook ‘fair warning’ is a really entertaining listen. It would really me think twice about getting my DNA tested because I’d be extremely worried about whose hands it’s going to fall into. He’s also incredibly well versed on changes in technology and I never doubted for a second that any of this wasn’t possible. Michael Connolly creates a cracking book out of incredibly topical subjects - the unregulated genetics analysis industry, incel groups, and misogynistic men to name a few. This adds an extra frisson to the proceedings and the story develops at a cracking pace. Also featuring in this fast-paced thriller is Rachel Walling, an ex-FBI agent that McEvoy has had an on-off relationship with. This is also our introduction to a serial killer called ‘The shrike’, who despatches his victims in a particularly gruesome manner. But he finds himself becoming a suspect in a case after a woman called Tina, who he had a one-night stand with, is found murdered.
Jack McEvoy, the reporter who was featured in previous Connelly novels ‘The poet’ and ‘The Scarecrow, is now working for Fair Warning, which is a non-profit consumer News website.
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