The Poet. The ensuing years would see that early promise fulfilled many times over. Not surprising Mr. Connelly is a bestselling author. But his professional bravado doesn’t lessen the brutal shock of learning that his only brother is dead, a suicide. The Poet (1996) Jack McEvoy specializes in death. The apparent suicide of his policeman brother sets Denver crime reporter Jack McEvoy on edge. THE POET was a promise that Michael Connelly was truly a master story teller with an addictive writing style capable of greatness as an author. As a crime reporter for the Rocky Mountain News, he has seen every kind of murder. The Poet is an intense and captivating mystery of a reporters single-minded pursuit of the serial killer who murdered his twin. Surprise at the circumstances of his brother's death prompts Jack to look into a whole series of … The ensuing years would see that early promise fulfilled many times over. This was his first departure from his crime novels featuring Harry Bosch, we all came to know very well. THE POET was a promise that Michael Connelly was truly a master story teller with an addictive writing style capable of greatness as an author.