Fair Warning, by Michael Connelly (Jack McEvoy #3)

Fair Warning is the third book by Michael Connelly featuring reporter Jack McEvoy, who was first introduced in The Poet, one of Connelly’s first novels. The Poet is one of my all-time favorite books, and Michael Connelly is one of my favorite authors, so I couldn’t wait to read this book. (Connelly’s Bosch series is a stand-out of the genre and is reliably excellent.)

That said, this novel was a huge disappointment. Jack was unlikeable from start to finish — he came off as needy, paranoid and annoying. The storytelling was often tedious and lacked any emotional connection to the characters. Overall, I was shocked at how consistently bad this novel was. I’m going to chalk it up as a very rare miss from Connelly. Skip it.