description: Denver crime-beat reporter Jack McEvoy specializes in violent death. So when his homicide detective brother kills himself, McEvoy copes in the only way he knows how--he decides to write the story. But his research leads him to suspect a serial killer is at work--a devious murderer who's killing cops and leaving a trail of poetic clues. It's the news story of a lifetime, if he can get the story without losing his life.
language: English
title: The Poet
titlecomplete: The Poet
characters: Harold Wexler, Jack McEvoy, Riley McEvoy, William Gladden, Gordon Thorson, Michael Warren, Rachel Walling, Robert Backus, Ray St. Louis
genres: Fiction, Mystery, Thriller, Murder Mystery, Detective, Mystery Thriller, Novels, Crime, Audiobook, Suspense
ratings_count: 98262
places: Phoenix, Arizona, Denver, Colorado, Chicago, Illinois, Los Angeles, California
series: Jack McEvoy, Harry Bosch Universe
awards: awardedAt: 852105600000
name: Anthony Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 820483200000
name: Hammett Prize, awardedAt: 852105600000
name: Dilys Award, awardedAt: 852105600000
name: Nero Award, awardedAt: 852105600000
name: Marlowe
category: Best Crime Novel (International)
publisher: Orion