These are 2 books by Michael Connelly--- The Poet and The Scarecrow. These books have a main character, Jack McEvoy, a crime reporter for The Rocky Mountain News. Sadly, The Rocky no longer exists. It was a Denver paper from 1859-2009. These books are # 1 and # 2 in the Mc Evoy series. The Poet, a psychological thriller, was published by Little, Brown and company in 1996 and it is a 1st edition 1st printing. It is Signed by Connelly on the title page. The book is hardcover with dust jacket. It is quarter-bound in brown with caramel boards. Title, author, and publisher are on the spine in red. There is no bookplate or other mark of ownership. It is not ex-library, not price-clipped, and not remaindered. The book has no tears, stains, or bumps. The book spine top and bottom have some wrinkling. See Photos. The bottom and top edges of the boards have some dimples. See Photos. The dust jacket has no tears, splits, or chips. The jacket spine top and some edges have some wrinkling and slight "delamination" with discoloration. See Photos. The Scarecrow was published by Little, Brown and Company in 2009 and it is a 1st edition 1st printing. In this book, Mc Evoy is not with the Rocky ( it closed in early 2009) but went to the L.A. Times, and has being laid off from its newsroom. This is his last murder story for the L. A. Times. The book is hardcover with dust jacket. It is bound in black cloth with title, author, and publisher on the spine in orange. There is no bookplate or other mark of ownership. It is not ex-library, not price-clipped, and not remaindered. The book front cover top right edge has a manufacturing wrinkle. See Photos. The book has no tears, stains, or bumps. The book spine bottom has a slight wrinkle. See Photos. The top open pages has 2 specks. See Photos. The dust jacket has no tears, splits, chips, or stains. The jacket spine top has slight wrinkling. See Photos.