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The scarecrow [a novel]

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.

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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."
  • "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."@en
  • "Jack McEvoy is at the end of the line as a crime reporter. Forced to take a buy-out from the 'LA Times', he's got 30 days left on the job. His last assignment? Training his replacement, a low-cost reporter just out of J-school. But Jack has other plans for his exit. He is going to go out with a bang - a final story that will win him newspaper journalism's highest honour - a Pulitzer prize. Jack focuses on Alonzo Winslow. a 16-year-old drug dealer from the projects who has confessed to police that he brutally raped and strangled one of his crack clients. But as Jack delves into the story he soon realises that Alonzo's so-called confession is bogus. And the investigation leads him to a killer known as The Scarecrow - container."
  • "Pursuing a big story in anticipation of his imminent layoff, Los Angeles reporter Jack McEvoy investigates the murder confession of a teen drug dealer and realizes that the youth may be innocent, a discovery that pits him against a killer operating below police radar."@en
  • "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."
  • "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."@en
  • "Newspaperman Jack McEvoy decides to use his final days at the LA Times to write the definitive murder story of his career. Focusing on the case of Alonzo Winslow, a 16-year-old drug dealer in jail after confessing to a brutal murder, Jack realizes that Winslow's so-called confession is bogus and that the real killer is operating completely below police radar-- and with perfect knowledge of any move against him."@en
  • "Newspaperman Jack McEvoy is being forced out of the Los Angeles Times due 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."@en
  • "After getting laid off, investigative reporter Jack McEvoy intends to end his career on a high note. He begins to investigate Alonzo Winslow, a young drug dealer who confessed to a murder. But as he begins to pick apart pieces of the dealer's confession, Jack soon discovers that the confession was a fake, and that the killer is still on the loose. Just as Jack thinks he is on the verge of the biggest story of his career, he finds that he may now have the unwanted attention of the actual killer."
  • "After getting laid off, investigative reporter Jack McEvoy intends to end his career on a high note. He begins to investigate Alonzo Winslow, a young drug dealer who confessed to a murder. But as he begins to pick apart pieces of the dealer's confession, Jack soon discovers that the confession was a fake, and that the killer is still on the loose. Just as Jack thinks he is on the verge of the biggest story of his career, he finds that he may now have the unwanted attention of the actual killer."@en
  • "Newspaperman Jack McEvoy decides to use his final days at the LA Times to write the definitive murder story of his career. Focusing on the case of Alonzo Winslow, a 16-year-old drug dealer in jail after confessing to a brutal murder, Jack realizes that Winslow's so-called confession is bogus and that the real killer is operating completely below police radar--and with perfect knowledge of any move against him."@en

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  • "Detective and mystery stories"
  • "Compact discs"@en
  • "Books on CD"@en
  • "Audiobooks on CD"@en
  • "Mystery fiction"
  • "Mystery fiction"@en
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  • "Fiction"
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  • "Psychological thrillers"@en
  • "Suspense fiction"
  • "Suspense fiction"@en
  • "Crime thrillers"@en

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  • "The Scarecrow"
  • "The scarecrow [sound recording (CD)]"
  • "The scarecrow [audio recording]"
  • "The scarecrow [a novel]"@en
  • "The scarecrow : [a novel]"
  • "The scarecrow"@en
  • "The scarecrow"
  • "The scarecrow a novel"@en

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