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Bestselling author of The Lincoln Lawyer

Death is my beat.

Those words, spoken by the narrator and hero of The Poet, Jack McEvoy could also apply to Michael Connelly. He was an award winning journalist before he became one of the leading crime writers of his generation. These true stories help to chart the development of his work as a novelist - guaranteed to make fascinating reading for any serious fan of crime fiction. Time and time again, we make the connection between Connelly the crime reporter and Connelly the novelist:

Moments. They kept coming. One morning an editor called me and told me to swing by a murder scene on my way to the office. Just like that, like I was picking up a coffee on the way to work. The murder was on Woodrow Wilson Drive in the Hollywood Hills. I went as instructed and got the story. I also got the place where I would put the home of the fictional detective [Harry Bosch] I had secretly begun writing about ...

The cops, the killers, the cases - it's all here in a superb collection that is a MUST for all Connelly fans and crime fiction readers alike.

A former police reporter for the Los Angeles Times, Michael Connelly is the author of eleven acclaimed and bestselling Harry Bosch stories and several other bestselling thrillers. His novels have won an Edgar Award, the Nero Wolfe prize and the Anthony Award. He lives in Tampa, Florida with his wife and daughter.