scarecrow decoys
the scarecrow
forced out of the los angeles times amid the latest budget cuts newspaperman jack mcevoy decides to go out with a bang using his final days at the paperto write the definitive murder story of his career . br he focuses on alonzo winslow a 16 year old drug dealer in jail after confessing to a brutal murder . but as he delves into the story jack realizes that winslows so called confession is bogus . the kid might actually be innocent . br jack is soon running with his biggest story since the poetmade his career years ago . he is tracking a killer who operates completely below police radar and with perfect knowledge of any move against him . including jacks .