The Crossing

Harry Bosch, Book 18

De: Michael Connelly

Narrado por: Titus Welliver

Winner, 2017 APA Audie Awards - Mystery

Harry Bosch teams up with Lincoln Lawyer Mickey Haller in the new thriller from number-one New York Times best-selling author Michael Connelly.

Detective Harry Bosch has retired from the LAPD, but his half-brother, defense attorney Mickey Haller, needs his help. The murder rap against his client seems ironclad, but Mickey is sure it's a setup. Though it goes against all his instincts, Bosch takes the case. With the secret help of his former LAPD partner, Lucia Soto, he turns the investigation inside the police department. But as Bosch gets closer to discovering the truth, he makes himself a target.

©2015 Michael Connelly (P)2015 Hachette Audio

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To the dark side

Harry Bosch is retired from the LAPD and he is bored. He goes to work as a private investigator for his brother defense attorney Mickey Haller (the Lincoln Lawyer). The case is about a reformed gangbanger named Da’Quan Forster. He is accused of murdering Lexi Parks a well known city official. Bosch feels like a traitor working against the police, even though he is convinced that Forster is innocent.

The case is a classic whodunit, the complicated mystery pivots on one small clue. Connelly is a master story teller; the book is fast paced and loaded with suspense. The story has an Agatha Christy feel to it. The plot is complicated and twisting and builds the suspense until the reader can hardly stand it. I now know what crossing means in law enforcement jargon, but I will let you have the fun of discovery.

It is great to have both Bosch and Haller on the case. It was fun to follow Bosch on his investigation then watch Haller turn it into courtroom drama. Titus Welliver did okay as the narrator but I wish they would have kept one of the prior long term narrators I was use to listening too.

Well done!

It's fun to have Harry Bosch and his half-brother Mickey Haller in the same novel. It underscores Harry's trepidation as he helps the defense investigate the case of an accused murderer whom his brother believes has been set up. He sets out to find the truth and Connelly does a brilliant job of letting the reader follow along and reach the conclusions along with Bosch. I've been reading a string of books where the authors were simply lazy with their plots and this was a pleasant break from that. Very entertaining. Would definitely recommend.

Love Bosch, Love Connelly

I admit it, I am a Harry Bosch & Mickey Haller fan and no matter what Connelly writes I enjoy it! I know that he has a formula for each story and it's not very different but somehow he engages me! This is one series that I just keep listening to and don't feel like its gotten stale. So, if you are a Bosch/Haller fan I think you will be happy with this book! Good narration as well.

With Neon Promises

Michael Connelly's Harry Bosch/Mickey Haller books are modern Los Angeles noir. Hieronymus "Harry" Bosch is a flawed, heroic former cop forced into retirement, doing his best in a broken world. His half brother, Mickey Haller is an attorney seemingly on the brink of amorality with an unwavering moral compass that always manages to steer him straight. Bosch and Haller catch very bad guys; right wrongs; and sometimes mete out rough justice, all while fighting corrupt law enforcement, unprincipled prosecutors, and a venal judiciary. Not that everyone is on the take, of course - the suspense is in figuring out who is.

"The Crossing" (2015) is a Bosch book but Haller ("The Lincoln Lawyer" (2005 book, 2011 movie) plays a prominent role. Bosch had been forced into retirement and is fighting hard to maintain his dignity and his identity in a world he might be too old for.

Haller, in the meantime (and as always), is in trouble. It seems a fictional kind of improbable, but Connelly may have based it on a real life scheme. My friend, G- , sent me a news story as I was getting ready to write this review. It turns out that the Florida State Bar just disbarred Robert D. Adams and Adam Robert Filthaut for setting up a 2013 DUI arrest of an opposing attorney in a high profile case. The lawyers' very attractive paralegal ran into the unsuspecting attorney at a steakhouse and joined him for a few rounds - while her bosses called a friendly police sergeant and tipped him off to a possible DUI arrest. "The legal profession, and the public's confidence in both, was simply collateral damage from the [attorneys] point of view . . . The . . . willingness to inflict and indifference to causing such harm is . . . quite 'stunning.' " Jim Saunders, News Service of Florida, WUSF, "Lawyers Disbarred Over 'Shocking' DUI Set-Up" August 26, 2016.

Connelly's single father, Vietnam veteran, jazz loving, former LAPD Detective Bosch is to the early twenty first century what Raymond Chandler's Phillip Marlowe ("The Big Sleep" (1939), etc.) is to the fedora wearing, cigarette smoking, highball drinking 1940's hard-boiled detective. They're the ultimate in fictional sangfroid, the guys that can figure it all out.

Titus Welliver narrates. He's really the perfect choice - he plays Bosch in the Amazon original series (2015 - present).

The title of the review is from a description of a murder scene in the book - a shabby hotel with neon promises of free HBO. Lines like that resonate, don't they?

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Harry Bosch Always Good

It has been approximately a year since the events of The Burning Room and these days find Bosch retired, suing the LAPD over the retirement and other issues, and spending his time working on restoring his vintage motorcycle. He should be spending his days working homicide cases.

That is exactly what his half-brother Mickey Haller wants him doing. Part of that is by helping Bosch with his lawsuit against the department. Another part of that would be convincing Bosch to work for him as an investigator. Mickey Haller, known to one and all as “The Lincoln Lawyer,” has no idea how strongly Bosch feels about such a move. To do that, to slip over and work for the defense (the dark side), would betray everything Bosch has ever stood for as a detective with his three decades plus with the LAPD .

Haller’s client is a man by the name of Da’Quan Foster. A reformed man, Foster is sitting in jail on a murder charge and Haller is sure he did not do it. Haller is positive that his client is a pillar of the community these days and is willing to deal with the consequences if Bosch proves otherwise. All he wants right now is for Bosch to look over the case and offer an opinion. The problem for Bosch, more than being asked to crossover and work for the defense to help set a man free, is that if Foster is innocent the wrong man is in custody. The idea that a killer might be out there walking free is a small possibility and the only reason Bosch takes a look. It does not take him long to determine that there are questions and inconsistencies in the prosecution case and, at the very least, some sloppy police investigative work.

The Crossing: A Bosch Novel is another solidly good book from author Michael Connelly who has been doing this a long time. Part police procedural and part mystery, the book moves rapidly as Bosch, working without the legitimacy of the police department, has to finagle and nuance his way through an increasingly complex case. A case that ultimately leads to one of the best climatic endings in this series to date.

The only thing that bothers me is, why was Alexandra Parks murdered. That was never cleared up.

Titus Welliver was good with the delivery of the story

Titus nails Harry

Great book ! And Titus Welliver really brings energy and emotion to the narration. After the dismal reading he did on "The Burning Room", this is a vast improvement. I love Harry, and Michael Connelly is keeping him focused on his "mission".

Haller and Bosch,Awesome Team

Michael Connelly writes a great story bringing the 2 half brothers Haller and Bosch together as a defense team. They are on opposite sides law enforcement, and Bosch is reluctant to team up with Haller. Together they manage to solve a complicated case. Titus Welliver does a great job with narration. He is Bosch. Looking forward to more Bosch and Haller team stories. Janice

Connelly Is genius! Bosch/Haller together again!

Author Michael Connelly and narrator Titus Welliver (my new favorite Connelly narrator) do it again as they join forces to deliver another exhilarating thriller. From beginning to end, they take us on an adrenaline-filled trip to free an incarcerated man, who Mickey Haller (The Lincoln Lawyer) believes is innocent. He asks his doubting half-brother, semi-retired detective Harry Bosch to assist in the investigation. Connelly brings his colorful characters to life with his brilliant and impressive talent. This is a murder within a murder accompanied by secrets, lies, deceit and more. I also found giggles along the way. Between family issues to both crooked and loyal cops, this phenomena duo makes this a book that I looked forward to continuing whenever I had time. Every day when I woke up, I said, Alexa read my book, as I made my coffee. I have always appreciated Connelly's writing style, going from chapter to chapter, focusing on different individual's viewpoints throughout the book. Anxiously awaiting the ending piqued my interest with fervor and anticipation. The ending completes this storyline with perfection. I will most assuredly seek out more adventures of this fascinating, close, charming, likable and quite amusing twosome. I have many Bosch books in my Audible library. This is definitely worth the credit. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED! Epic, I say! EPIC!

as usual

As usual...a great story with Harry Bosch. Micheal Connelly never disappoints weather it's Bosch or Haller it's always a great read...