Harry Bosch At his best !!! Fabulous Narrator! So it's another great novel from America's king of police procedurals. I appreciate the realism he brings to every novel. It is always a complicated, frustrating process to write about. One of the reasons I love his books is the contrasting views he provides us of the justice system from the contrasting eyes of the detectives, press, prosecution, suspects and victims. Connelly was a crime reporter for many years. Even in the face of rampant police malpractice, intimidation, ineptitude and criminal behavior, he reluctantly works for an innocent man wo is framed by the police. As independent a character as Bosch has always been, he dreads being viewed by his former peers as a sellout. He is reluctantant because active police forces regard defense attorneys as little better than the criminals they represent. In the Crossing, Bosch reluctantly agrees to review the murder book of a case his step brother, Mickey Haller of The Lincoln Lawyer fame, is currently working. The narrator has to bring out his humanity without the benefit of a huge personality and Welliver delivers brilliantly. He does not suffer fools, even when they are his family. Bosch is a serious character with little emotion or humor. Its only fitting since he plays Bosch in the new tv series. In my opinion, Titus Welliver is by far the best narrator of the 20 odd books in this series. I've read or listened to every book by Connelly.
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