NMLP P-021634 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04
The Poet
Michael Connelly · Little, Brown and Company · 1996
The US Little, Brown edition (1996) is the true first; Connelly's first non-Bosch standalone, introducing Jack McEvoy. The UK Orion edition follows. Distinct from his debut, The Black Echo.
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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-021634 for "The Poet" by Michael Connelly (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-021634, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).