Hardback: Harry Bosch teams up with Lincoln Lawyer Mickey Haller in this twentieth and latest Harry Bosch series, The Crossing (2015), from #1 New York Times bestselling author and one of the great crime writers of the twenty-first century, Michael Connelly.
The previous year, Bosch had been suspended from the LAPD on a trumped-up beef when he had picked the lock on a captain's office door so he could look at old police records connected to a murder investigation he was actively working. It was a Sunday and Bosch did not want to have to wait for the captain to come in the next day. The infraction was minor but could have been the first step in the firing process.
More important, to Bosch it was a suspension without pay that also halted payments to his Deferred Retirement Option Plan. That meant he had no salary and no access to his DROP funds while he fought the suspension and took it to a Board of Rights - a process that would take a minimum of six months, pushing him past his retirement date anyway.
With no money coming in to cover living expenses and college around the corner for his daughter, Bosch retired so he could access his retirement and DROP funds. He then hired Haller to file a lawsuit against the city, charging that the police department had engaged in unlawful tactics to force him into pulling the pin.
Presently, Harry Bosch, newly retired from the LAPD before they could fire him, finds himself idling in the slow lane, spending his days restoring a classic fifty-one Harley instead of chasing down murder suspects.
But then Mickey tells Harry about one of his cases: a man accused of a brutal murder, who had no connection to the victim and yet DNA evidence points to his guilt. Although he has nothing solid to support it, Mickey can smell a set-up and he needs Harry to help him prove it.
At first, Harry is reluctant. The prosecution seem to have a cast-iron case, and crossing over to 'the dark side' to work for the defense would damn him forever in the eyes of his former colleagues - if not his own. But as soon as he starts reviewing the case file, Harry's instincts kick in and with the help of his former LAPD partner Lucia Soto, the investigation soon turns towards the police department itself.
And as Bosch gets closer to discovering the truth, he makes himself a target which is when Harry realizes that taking the case could be the most dangerous mistake he has ever made.
About the author: Michael Connelly is a former police reporter for the Los Angeles Times and the author of twenty acclaimed Harry Bosch thrillers and several courtroom dramas featuring Mickey Haller (the Lincoln Lawyer series), as well as stand-alone bestsellers such as The Poet (a crime reporter Jack McEvoy series, 1996). Michael Connelly is a former President of the Mystery Writers of America. His books have been translated into 31 languages and have won numerous awards. He is the executive producer of the television series Bosch, starring Titus Welliver. He spends his time in California and Florida.
Rating: 6/5
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