The Poet (edit title/settings)

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Characters/People edit see section history

• Jack McEvoy: police reporter
• Sean 'Mac' McEvoy: Jack's twin, police officer, one of the victims
• Rachel Walling: FBI agent
• Greg Glenn: Jack's editor
• Bob Backus: The assistant special agent in charge of the FBI investigation.
• William Gladden: suspect
• Riley McEvoy: Sean's wife
• Theresa Lofton: Murder victim - Sean's case
• Harold Wexler: LAPD detective working Sean's case
• Ray St. Louis: LAPD detective working Sean's case
• Michael Warren: Information Officer for The Law Enforcement Foundation or LEF

Quotes edit see section history

• “Something like, "Working at a newspaper is like running in front of a thresher."”

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• ‘By a route obscure and lonely, / Haunted by ill angels only, / Where an Eidolon, named NIGHT, / On a black throne reigns upright, / I have reached these lands but newly, / From an ultimate dim Thule— / From a wild weird clime that lieth, sublime, / Out of SPACE—out of TIME.’

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• Nietzsche said? ‘Whoever fights monsters . . .’ ” “ ‘Should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster.’ ”

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• Poe is credited with being the father of detective fiction with the publication of The Murders in the Rue Morgue, which is basically a mystery story.

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• Thank Heaven! the crisis— The danger is past, And the lingering illness Is over at last— And the fever called “Living” Is conquered at last.

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• “ ‘The fever called living is conquered at last,’ ”

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• Detective Constance Delpy and her partner as Detective Ron Sweetzer. Both were with the Exploited Child Unit.

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• Eidolon. I am called the predator, the one to watch for in your midst. I am the

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• The profile the bureau had forwarded was produced by an agent listed on the report as Rachel Walling.

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Setting & Locations edit see section history

• Los Angeles, CA
• Denver
• Florida
• Quantico
• Chicago
• Washington
• St. Louis
• New York
• Phoenix
• Baltimore
• Raiford
• Boulder
• Santa Monica
• Hollywood
• Dallas
• Bear Lake
• Albuquerque
• Colorado
• Tampa
• California
• Virginia

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Table of Contents edit see section history

Errata edit see section history

He didn't moved his head - it should be "move" on page 125

Series & Lists edit see section history

Followed by The Scarecrow.

Preceded by The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, and followed by Boys from Brazil.

Followed by The Narrows.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Michael Connelly (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Awards edit see section history

• Dashiell Hammett Award (Finalist, 1996: Crime)
• Nero Award Winner (1997)
• Anthony (1997: Best Novel, winner)

Classification edit see section history

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• Dewey: 813

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Subjects edit see section history

• Books › Mystery & Thrillers › Authors, A-Z › ( C ) › Connelly, Michael
• Books › Mystery & Thrillers › Thrillers › Suspense
• Books › Literature & Fiction › Contemporary

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