The Crossing
By Michael Connelly
- Release Date: 2015-11-03
- Genre: Police Procedural
Description
In this "tense" thriller and #1 New York Times bestseller, Detective Harry Bosch teams up with Lincoln Lawyer Mickey Haller to track down a killer who just might find them first (Wall Street Journal).
Detective Harry Bosch has retired from the LAPD, but his half-brother, defense attorney Mickey Haller, needs his help. A woman has been brutally murdered in her bed and all evidence points to Haller's client, a former gang member turned family man. Though the murder rap seems ironclad, Mickey is sure it's a setup.
Bosch doesn't want anything to do with crossing the aisle to work for the defense. He feels it will undo all the good he's done in his thirty years as a homicide cop. But Mickey promises to let the chips fall where they may. If Harry proves that his client did it, under the rules of discovery, they are obliged to turn over the evidence to the prosecution.
Though it goes against all his instincts, Bosch reluctantly takes the case. The prosecution's file just has too many holes and he has to find out for himself: if Haller's client didn't do it, then who did? With the secret help of his former LAPD partner Lucy Soto, Harry starts digging. Soon his investigation leads him inside the police department, where he realizes that the killer he's been tracking has also been tracking him.
Thrilling, fast-paced, and impossible to put down, The Crossing shows without a shadow of doubt that Connelly is "a master of building suspense" (Wall Street Journal).
Reviews
Bosch TV series fan
4By IMNCQRI’ve watched all of the seasons of “Bosch” and “Bosch Legacy” and throughly enjoyed my first Bosch book.Great!!!
5By anthonydaleAnother page turner. Once I started it was hard to put down. Bosch books are the best and Michael Connelly is a great storyteller.Excellent
5By TigersJC86This book combines the worlds of Bosch and Haller in a matchup that’s excellent and thrilling. Bosch has to go against his instincts and help the defense if only to follow his own moral compass. It’ll be interesting to see how things work for him in the next book now that he’s helped out a side that his former employer and life detestsHard to put down
5By dont pass this one upA great readGreat read
5By sipsey wildernessLove it when Bosch n Haller team upBriefly:
5By StarEddy22Harry Bosch meets danger and excitement, as he works with his half-brother Mickey Haller to free an innocent man of murder of a public figure who asked questions about about a broken watch crystal. After Mickey’s lead investigator is sidelined by a motorcycle accident, Harry crosses the line and works for the defense. Adding anymore to this would spoil the story, so it is better to read it for yourself, and discover the magic of Harry Bosch working with the Lincoln Lawyer, Mickey Haller!Fun read
5By Koas1Great read, twists and turns. Really like the team work between Bosch and Haller.Best book so far!
5By JLeavesley29What a great story, loved it.Great plot well done
5By ushcthzjnlkFast Paced with a twistGreat book
5By grutfdGreat book and a great ending!Crossing
5By Oh6799Like the interaction between Bosch and HallerNot Harry Bosch but the same Harry Bosch
5By CrimeSolverIt’s a different Harry Bosch, not being part of the LAPD and finding himself on the other side, but it’s still the same Harry Bosch that seeks out the truth, no matter where it leads. I definitely recommend this book.Great book
5By Morgandawg22Love this duo and they made this book difficult to put down!Love Harry and Mickey
5By Carrie Rockwell AmerindThis is actually my second reading of The Crossing. As a fine artist and art history aficionado, I love Hieronymus Bosch’s diptych “Garden of Earthly Delights”. The depth and meaning of the paintings are immeasurable. But, I am also a huge crime thriller devotee as well. So, when I came across Michael Connelly’s Hieronymus “Harry” Bosch character several years ago, I absolutely had to read the first book which led to the next and so on. And I have read the Mickey Haller books as well. It was great to see their connection introduced as half brothers and what that might entail. When Amazon started making the Bosch series I worried that my idea of what Harry’s character looked and sounded like would be destroyed. I have to admit that at first I was unsure of Titus Welliver fitting into what I saw as literally a much taller person, but Mr. Welliver’s acting style has fit accordingly and much to my surprise the series has gone along with the narrative of the books with one glaring difference, the connection to Mickey Haller. This is one book I would like to see in the TV series because the connection has so many implications and give great background to Harry’s character. As always, thank you Mr. Connelly for your well researched and beautifully painted characters. I look forward to reading more and seeing how the TV series plays out.Better without the WOKE idiocy.
5By Cat mandu 2015So much better without the WOKE idiocy included in his more recent books and TV show. WOKE culture is a fake shallow drain on any and all good forms of art.Great story!
5By Scrabble tileFor some reason I skipped this when it came out ... probably because of reviews saying it was a "short story". I don't know what book those reviewers are talking about, after reading and thoroughly enjoying this book! It's a great story, great characters, more of the same that Harry Bosch fans are used to! Highly recommended! Thanks for a fun read, Mr. Connelly!The Crossing
5By NavCadThe best!A Little Dissappointed......in myself
3By Seaaggie1976I have only myself to blame for not thoroughly reading the reviews from other readers before buying this shorter Bosch novel. Since Harry Bosch is one of my favorite characters I probably bought this anyway but would have been expecting a very quick read. Oh well....the sad thing is that this could have easily have been a more thorough story with the great character development I have grown to expect. It is like Michael Connolly just didn't care or try on this one. I can only hope the next Bosch story returns to the high levels of the all of the other predecessors (except for The Crossing)The Crossing
2By zoesampoochieGood Story. Incomplete. Really not a novel, but a short story. Felt ripped off in the end. Wished it had gone full circle.
