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The Scarecrow by Michael Connelly
4.0

THis book ends up being a 3.75. The actions of Jack are not what a journalist would normally do. YES some journalist go quite far to get THE STORY, but what Jack did became unbelievable at times. And Racheal is on the radar with the FBI as a rogue agent so what she does puzzles me. As for the story it is the typical serial killer, the killer was abused and that is what made him the killer he is today. It also has many typical things serial killers do, torture victims, stalk victims, and how they go undetected under the radar. The orginiality is how the internet and data mining is used by the killer to target victims and how he manages to live a normal life. This book has many moments will you need to suspend belief but that is why it is called fiction. Connelly is a storyteller who can spin stories that will keep you reading until the book is done.