the crossing by michael connelly summary

Becky's white mother maintains the teen's old bedroom as a shrine, while her shattered father, an African-American chef, has vanished into LA's homeless community. But the more Bosch and Rider dig into this dusty crime, trying in part to determine whether racial animosity might have been involved, the more pain and resistance they encounter. It's up to Bosch, once more partnered with Kizmin Rider, to determine whether Mackey offed Becky Verloren, or was at least an accessory to that tragedy. Only now, though, has DNA science matched that tissue to Roland Mackey, a dyslexic 35-year-old tow-truck operator with no obvious connection to the deceased. An autopsy revealed that she'd recently undergone an abortion, and a piece of skin tissue-presumably the killer's-was found trapped inside the murder weapon.

Her corpse and the gun that ended her life were later found on a hill behind the house. Having long ago demonstrated his knack for cracking previously unsolved homicides, Bosch is assigned to the newly re-branded Open-Unsolved Unit (aka 'cold case' squad), and charged with resolving the 17-year-old abduction and slaying of a mixed-race teenager.Rebecca Verloren, 16, was discovered missing from her Chatsworth home on a July morning in 1988. This is where we don't forget,' Detective Hieronymus 'Harry' Bosch is told by his new boss, as he ends a three-year retirement and rejoins the Los Angeles Police Department at the start of The Closers, the 11th installment of Michael Connelly's Edgar-winning series. 'A city that forgets its murder victims is a city lost. Connelly has also won a Nero Wolfe prize, a Macavity Award, and an Anthony Award. The Black Echo won the Edgar Award for Best First Novel. Since its January 2001 publication, A Darkness More Than Night has shipped more than 235,000 copies. A Darkness More Than Night, also featuring Harry Bosch, is a New York Times bestseller and a national bestseller. Together, these three novels are the perfect way to discover, or rediscover, one of our most fascinating and well-loved sleuths.

In The Concrete Blonde, Bosch must hunt down the Dollmaker, a macabre serial killer, before he strikes again. Then, in The Black Ice, a narcotics officers disappearance sends Bosch on a trail of murders leading from Hollywood Boulevard to Mexicos dusty back alleys.

First introduced in The Black Echo, Bosch hunts the brutal murderer of a Vietnam buddy. Now available in one omnibus edition are the three books that brought him to life. Michael Connellys most famous character, Detective Harry Bosch, has been thrilling readers for a decade.

The crossing by michael connelly summary