Tra alti e bassi letterari Connelly qui da una disreta prova, con questo thriller incalzante.
Forse ogni tanto la trama è un po' cinematografica, lasciando poco spazio ai risvolti umani tra Jack e Rachel, ma alla fine è godibile.
Non siamo però ai livelli dei romanzi con Bosch e Haller, ma si lascia leggere volentieri. ( )

Connelly is a fairly new author for me and this Jack McEvoy and Rachel Waling book was a winner. It’s a fast moving action thriller even though the plot required substantial suspension of disbelief. McEvoy is a journalist who is being let go because not only has the delivery of news changed, but he costs more than the new kids in the business. Together with Waling, an FBI agent, they pair work on identifying the murderer responsible for a grisly series of murdered women. McEvoy believes he has the makings of a great story and the paper will beg him to come back. Complex and gripping. ( )

A good example of Connelly's writing style. You are in the story form the first page, no mucking around. ( )

Jack McEvoy tiene los días contados como periodista de sucesos; sus momentos de gloria languidecen y su nombre se baraja en las listas de recortes previstos por Los Angeles Times. Sin embargo, guarda todavía un último cartucho: la redacción de la que pretende que sea la crónica criminal más impactante de su carrera. Para ese propósito, elige a Alonzo Winslow, un drogadicto de dieciséis años encarcelado tras confesar la autoría del asesinato de una joven hallada estrangulada en el maletero de un coche. Jack quiere escribir acerca de la negligencia y la injusticia social que convirtieron a Winslow en un asesino. Al adentrarse en la historia, descubre que la confesión del chico es falsa y sospecha que es inocente.

I'm not sure if it's the "reporter pretending to be a detective" theme or the main characters having a job then not having a job then having a job again (maybe) or if it's just the large number of flights to and from different places that I find tiring. It's not a bad story, and the data security piece is interesting enough, but how everything unfolds feels a little tedious. ( )