This is one of Connelly's best in recent years. There has not been Jack McEvoy book since "The Scarecrow" in 2009, and a lot has changed in McEvoy's life. Rachel Walling, an old aquaintance and amour of Harry Bosch makes an appearance, and a lot has changed for her too. This books brings out the overall lack of security, and safeguardingof privacy of DNA sampling, and many of the hidden dangers of DNA storage, the DNA Ancestry business, and of Cell phone spying and tracking, internet fraud, and many more things that now violate our personal privacy. Much scrutiny is required of these things, and governments everywhere are moving much too slowly and doing very little or nothing to remedy that. I gave this book only 3 stars because it has a bit too much of fine details, and general filler. McEvoy is at times a very irritating personality, and his own worst enemy. All in all, a worthwhile read from Connelly who has been slipping a lot in recent years. I'd like to see another Mickey Haller ( a.k.a. The Lincoln Lawyer) book from him.

Fair Warning is a fast-paced and thrilling mystery featuring reporter Jack McEvoy. No longer writing for a print newspaper, Jack now focuses on consumer affairs for an online publication. He becomes entangled in the murder of a woman he knew from a one-night-stand when he is questioned as a suspect. His curiosity is instantly piqued and he goes on the hunt for more information and uncovers a killer using genetic data to find and stalk his victims.

While still plot driven with strong character development, what marks McEvoy apart from Connelly’s other characters is that McEvoy isn’t the confident, self-assured person that Harry Bosch, Mickey Haller or Rene Ballard are. He messes up - a lot. And he knows it, but can’t seem to stop himself. And he frequently doubts his own actions. Fans of the other series will enjoy the familiar pacing and style.

Totally enjoyed this book from beginning to end! Highly recommended! Good story development even up to the end.

A killer mystery that takes you through all the details to an exciting climax. Filled with newspaper and police jargon, explained for the uninitiated. The main character is nicely flawed, and that makes him believable. If you get lost in the details, there is a good summary, written for the e-tabloid of the title’s namesake, to sum it all up. There are a couple of “I wonder about that” moments in the story, but none that derail the thrust of the narrative.
This story is by a well-published, experienced writer that kept me reading, although I normally do not read such stories. The facts presented about DNA are, as far as I know, correct. All the common e-technology we have today (most of which I don’t use) are available to the characters and seem correct and in line with the time of the story. I enjoyed the scenes in Los Angeles County, CA, where I grew up.

thought this was going to be a real page turner. It was not that at all-I was really disappointed in this book. It was certainly not put together well, as some of his other great stories!
There was way too much detail in the book-I was skimming through the seemingly endless pages of detail that could have been condensed way, way down. I gave up-it didn't hold my interest for very long- I returned it after less than 100 pages. Normally I give all of my books a good amount of time to get going, but not this one!!!
I don't recommend this at all......

My first Jack McEvoy book now I'll have to read them in order.
As always I could not put this book down.
I specially liked that Jack is a journalist -different from Michael's other books -police, lawyer.
I learnt so much about DNA and the lack of control around it-certainly opened my eyes .
a rollicking murder mystery

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Part of a non connected trilogy with Book 1 The Poet, Book 2 The Scarecrow and Book 3 Fair Warning. All feature newspaperman Jack McEvoy as the lead and have alternating sections of Jack and the criminal.
Got a bit deep in the DNA info, but overall the story was good. Much more intense story than Harry Bosch series.

I’ve read all Mike Connelly’s books. Like the Harry Bosch books best. This one was good enough for a quick read. Thought the DNA stuff was the most interesting and really a little freaky in the it’s probably for real category.

Started out quite good, especially compared to several of his most recent books. Was hoping he was back to something close to his old form but then the last ~60 pages were a let down again. So I’m still more off-again than on-again with Connelly but I still find his books worth reading even though I haven’t loved one in quite a while.