Fair Warning

Jack McEvoy is a journalist, working on the digital publication, Fair Warning. Returning home one evening he is approached by police who inform him that someone he once met has been murdered. They request his DNA. Needless to say Jack decides to investigate the story and discovers that this is not an isolated murder. He also discovers the link between all the murder victims - they have all had DNA tests with the firm GT23.

In this crime novel, Michael Connelly focuses on the challenges of investigative reporting in the twenty-first century and questions the possible misuse of DNA information if it falls into the wrong hands. He also delves into the dark web. As McEvoy attempts to write his story and solve the crime he is assisted by Emily Atwater, a fellow journalist, and Rachel Walling, a former member of the police force with whom he has worked on other cases.

Fair Warning is a tightly written, exciting  crime novel that I really enjoyed reading. I will now need to look for other works by Connelly, particularly The Poet and The Scarecrow which also feature Jack McEnvoy.