If something ever needed crossing, it was the plot of this book, from dithering to interesting. However, it is too late. Robert Bosch, like so many run of the mill characters that you can’t refrain from, never seems to tire, retirement or not. Authors like Connelly have the same problem over and over. They make you fall in love with a character, writing with care in the early years, and unable to kill them off, having jumped timelines too quickly, or just owing to nostalgia, keep writing them into books, and many times produce very tiring results.
Unable to put away a Hieronymus Bosch novel, I picked up The Crossing and I was quite disappointed. I was not bothered by the usual nature of Connelly books, describing LAPD, the Murder Book and so on. I was bothered by the tiresome portrait of Bosch, and the lackluster plot.
I was surprised to find this is the 20th Bosch novel, and further unhappy to sense how little effort went into the plot, rather than gimmicks like the auctioning off a character name on eBay!
My take? Not worth buying new (I bought the audio book used), and not worth listening unless you are a diehard fan of Connelly and/or Bosch. And keep your standards and expectations really low. Gift it to people you never want to hear from again!
Rating? About 1/5, maybe 1.5.
For a plot summary, go here: https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-316-22588-5