Awards

• Winner of Audies (Mystery) 2021

Overview

The hero of The Poet and The Scarecrow is back in this thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Michael Connelly. Jack McEvoy, the journalist who never backs down, tracks a serial killer who has been operating completely under the radar--until now. Veteran reporter Jack McEvoy has taken down killers before, but when a woman he had a one-night stand with is murdered in a particularly brutal way, McEvoy realizes he might be facing a criminal mind unlike any he's ever encountered. Jack investigates--against the warnings of the police and his own editor--and makes a shocking discovery that connects the crime to other mysterious deaths across the country. Undetected by law enforcement, a vicious killer has been hunting women, using genetic data to select and stalk his targets. Uncovering the murkiest corners of the dark web, Jack races to find and protect the last source who can lead him to his quarry. But the killer has already chosen his next target, and he's ready to strike. Terrifying and unputdownable, Fair Warning shows once again why ""Michael Connelly has earned his place in the pantheon of great crime fiction writers"" (Chicago Sun-Times). A Kirkus Best Book of 2020

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PRAISE FOR THE NIGHT FIRE: A virtuoso performance...The Night Fire glows with the instincts and intelligence Bosch and Ballard bring to their pursuit of the truth. --Collette Bancroft, Tampa Bay Times Breathless action...deep character studies...The Night Fireis Connelly's twenty first outing with Bosch, but the author has so much more to show us about him. Only three books in, Ballard has even more fodder for Connelly to uncover. In The Night Fire, Connelly again shows his mission: strong plots and sturdy characters. --Oline Cogdill, Sun Sentinel There's something for everyone in this jam-packed plot: murder, arson, professional rivalry, salty cop talk and noisy domestic disputes that turn very ugly very quickly. Me, I go for the procedural details: who does what and how things get done from the minute the cops on shift at the Hollywood Division are sent to investigate a murder. Connelly is pretty much the current dean of procedural writers. --Marilyn Stasio, New York Times Book Review Connelly is the Raymond Chandler of this generation, and readers will be studying his writing methods decades from now. He has created another novel that feels authentic on every level, and the underlying theme of mortality running through the narrative makes everything in the story more urgent. --Jeff Ayers, Associated Press The Night Fire offers more than a few incendiary surprises. --Paula L. Woods, Los Angeles Times

Breathless action...deep character studies...The Night Fireis Connelly's twenty first outing with Bosch, but the author has so much more to show us about him. Only three books in, Ballard has even more fodder for Connelly to uncover. In The Night Fire, Connelly again shows his mission: strong plots and sturdy characters. --Oline Cogdill, Sun Sentinel Connelly is the Raymond Chandler of this generation, and readers will be studying his writing methods decades from now. He has created another novel that feels authentic on every level, and the underlying theme of mortality running through the narrative makes everything in the story more urgent. --Jeff Ayers, Associated Press PRAISE FOR THE NIGHT FIRE A virtuoso performance...The Night Fire glows with the instincts and intelligence Bosch and Ballard bring to their pursuit of the truth. --Collette Bancroft, Tampa Bay Times There's something for everyone in this jam-packed plot: murder, arson, professional rivalry, salty cop talk and noisy domestic disputes that turn very ugly very quickly. Me, I go for the procedural details: who does what and how things get done from the minute the cops on shift at the Hollywood Division are sent to investigate a murder. Connelly is pretty much the current dean of procedural writers. --Marilyn Stasio, New York Times Book Review The Night Fire offers more than a few incendiary surprises. --Paula L. Woods, Los Angeles Times

[A] fast-paced thriller, written by a master of the genre. --Christina Ianzito, AARP There is no better news than a new book from the great Michael Connelly... Fair Warning brings back reporter Jack McEvoy, a character I always liked every bit as Harry Bosch or Mickey Haller or Renee Ballard... Connelly [is] at the very top of his game. --Mike Lupica, New York Daily News Score another one for the dean of America's crime writers... Fair Warning sheds light on the murky billion-dollar world of DNA testing... the subject [is] ripe for a good mystery. And Michael Connelly is just the guy to write it. --Sandra Dallas, Denver Post Like all of Connelly's novels, Fair Warning is a satisfying adrenalin rush. --Colette Bancroft, Tampa Bay Times Intruiging... Throughout his outstanding thrillers, Michael Connelly has expertly weaved contemporary issues into solid plots... Connelly also has achieved this in his novels about journalist Jack McEvoy, who makes his third most welcome appearance in Fair Warning. --Oline H. Cogdill, South Florida Sun-Sentinel Darkly essential reading for every genre fan who's ever considered sending a swab to a mail-order DNA testing service. --Kirkus (starred review) Connelly is in terrific form here, applying genre conventions to the real-life dangers inherent in the commercial marketing of genetics research. --Marilyn Stasio, New York Times Book Review A truly terrifying thriller... [Jack McEvoy] has appeared in only two previous novels, but they are two of Connelly's best: The Poet and The Scarecrow. McEvoy makes it three for three with this riveting tale. --Bill Ott, Booklist (starred review) A smart, propulsive thriller... Connelly excels in making investigative reporting as enthralling as any action scene. Fair Warning shines a spotlight on the shocking lack of government oversight in the field of DNA analysis and ancestry identification... Connelly spins a skin-crawling, cutting-edge mystery about the dangerous ways the data can be mined. --Shelf Awareness

A smart, propulsive thriller... Connelly excels in making investigative reporting as enthralling as any action scene. Fair Warning shines a spotlight on the shocking lack of government oversight in the field of DNA analysis and ancestry identification... Connelly spins a skin-crawling, cutting-edge mystery about the dangerous ways the data can be mined. --Shelf Awareness A truly terrifying thriller... [Jack McEvoy] has appeared in only two previous novels, but they are two of Connelly's best: The Poet and The Scarecrow. McEvoy makes it three for three with this riveting tale. --Bill Ott, Booklist (starred review) Connelly is in terrific form here, applying genre conventions to the real-life dangers inherent in the commercial marketing of genetics research. --Marilyn Stasio, New York Times Book Review Darkly essential reading for every genre fan who's ever considered sending a swab to a mail-order DNA testing service. --Kirkus (starred review) Intruiging... Throughout his outstanding thrillers, Michael Connelly has expertly weaved contemporary issues into solid plots... Connelly also has achieved this in his novels about journalist Jack McEvoy, who makes his third most welcome appearance in Fair Warning. --Oline H. Cogdill, South Florida Sun-Sentinel Like all of Connelly's novels, Fair Warning is a satisfying adrenalin rush. --Colette Bancroft, Tampa Bay Times Score another one for the dean of America's crime writers... Fair Warning sheds light on the murky billion-dollar world of DNA testing... the subject [is] ripe for a good mystery. And Michael Connelly is just the guy to write it. --Sandra Dallas, Denver Post There is no better news than a new book from the great Michael Connelly... Fair Warning brings back reporter Jack McEvoy, a character I always liked every bit as Harry Bosch or Mickey Haller or Renee Ballard... Connelly [is] at the very top of his game. --Mike Lupica, New York Daily News [A] fast-paced thriller, written by a master of the genre. --Christina Ianzito, AARP

Author Information

Michael Connelly is the author of thirty-three previous novels, including the #1 New York Times bestsellers, The Night Fire and Dark Sacred Night. His books, which include the Harry Bosch series, the Lincoln Lawyer series, and the Renée Ballard series, have sold more than seventy-four million copies worldwide. Connelly is a former newspaper reporter who has won numerous awards for his journalism and his novels. He is the executive producer of Bosch, starring Titus Welliver, and the creator and host of the podcast Murder Book. He spends his time in California and Florida.

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