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ボッシュはDROP(定年延長選択制度)の任期半ばでのロス市警退職を余儀なくされ、異母弟のミッキー・ハラーを代理人に立て、ロス市警への異議申立ての訴訟をおこなっているが、それ以外は、引退後の念願だった、古いバイクのレストアを老後の楽しみにしようとしていた。 ところがハラーから呼び出され、子飼いの調査員が怪我をして入院しているため、いま抱えている殺人事件弁護の調査員になってくれないか、と頼まれる。前作The Burning Roomにひきつづき、ボッシュ物。前作以上に迫力溢れる傑作に仕上がっており、サスペンスフルで、まさに抜群のページターナーになっています。 題名のThe Crossingは、「横断」という原意から、ボッシュが、刑事訴追側の立場から、弁護側の立場になったことを、「司法から弁護士側への横断」=「裏切り行為」と見なされることを指している。 ボッシュは、前作のいきさつから、DROP(定年延長選択制度)の任期半ばでのロス市警退職を余儀なくされ、異母弟のミッキー・ハラーを代理人に立て、ロス市警への異議申立ての訴訟をおこなっているが、それ以外は、引退後の念願だった、古いバイクのレストアを老後の楽しみにしようとしていた。 ところが、ハラーから呼び出され、子飼いの調査員(シスコ)が怪我をして入院しているため、いま抱えている殺人事件弁護の調査員になってくれないか、と頼まれる。 二〇一五年二月に自宅で強姦の上、撲殺された市政担当官補レキシー・パークス(三十八歳)。被害者の体に残された精液(膣内と体表から回収)のDNAが合致したため、事件翌月、容疑者として逮捕されたのは、ハラーの古くからの顧客であり、元はギャングの一員だったが、更生して画家として生計を立てているダカン・フォスター(四十一歳)。 ハラーは、フォスターの無実を確信しており、ボッシュに事件調査の協力を求める。 最初は、刑事弁護士に協力するのは、警察官仲間には裏切り行為と見られることから協力を渋っていたボッシュだが、事件の詳細を知るにつれ、興味を抱き、ハラーの陣営に加わる。
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Michael Connelly
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Michael Connelly decided to become a writer after discovering the books of Raymond Chandler while attending the University of Florida. Once he decided on this direction he chose a major in journalism and a minor in creative writing — a curriculum in which one of his teachers was novelist Harry Crews.
After graduating in 1980, Connelly worked at newspapers in Daytona Beach and Fort Lauderdale, Florida, primarily specializing in the crime beat. In Fort Lauderdale he wrote about police and crime during the height of the murder and violence wave that rolled over South Florida during the so-called cocaine wars. In 1986, he and two other reporters spent several months interviewing survivors of a major airline crash. They wrote a magazine story on the crash and the survivors which was later short-listed for the Pulitzer Prize for feature writing. The magazine story also moved Connelly into the upper levels of journalism, landing him a job as a crime reporter for the Los Angeles Times, one of the largest papers in the country, and bringing him to the city of which his literary hero, Chandler, had written.
After three years on the crime beat in L.A., Connelly began writing his first novel to feature LAPD Detective Hieronymus Bosch. The novel, The Black Echo, based in part on a true crime that had occurred in Los Angeles, was published in 1992 and won the Edgar Award for Best First Novel by the Mystery Writers of America. Connelly has followed that up with over 30 more novels.
Over eighty million copies of Connelly’s books have sold worldwide and he has been translated into forty-five foreign languages. He has won the Edgar Award, Anthony Award, Macavity Award, Los Angeles Times Best Mystery/Thriller Award, Shamus Award, Dilys Award, Nero Award, Barry Award, Audie Award, Ridley Award, Maltese Falcon Award (Japan), .38 Caliber Award (France), Grand Prix Award (France), Premio Bancarella Award (Italy), and the Pepe Carvalho award (Spain) .
Michael was the President of the Mystery Writers of America organization in 2003 and 2004. In addition to his literary work, Michael is one of the producers and writers of the TV show, “Bosch,” which is streaming on Amazon Prime Video.
Michael lives with his family in Los Angeles and Tampa, Florida.
Michael Connelly decided to become a writer after discovering the books of Raymond Chandler while attending the University of Florida. Once he decided on this direction he chose a major in journalism and a minor in creative writing — a curriculum in which one of his teachers was novelist Harry Crews.
After graduating in 1980, Connelly worked at newspapers in Daytona Beach and Fort Lauderdale, Florida, primarily specializing in the crime beat. In Fort Lauderdale he wrote about police and crime during the height of the murder and violence wave that rolled over South Florida during the so-called cocaine wars. In 1986, he and two other reporters spent several months interviewing survivors of a major airline crash. They wrote a magazine story on the crash and the survivors which was later short-listed for the Pulitzer Prize for feature writing. The magazine story also moved Connelly into the upper levels of journalism, landing him a job as a crime reporter for the Los Angeles Times, one of the largest papers in the country, and bringing him to the city of which his literary hero, Chandler, had written.
After three years on the crime beat in L.A., Connelly began writing his first novel to feature LAPD Detective Hieronymus Bosch. The novel, The Black Echo, based in part on a true crime that had occurred in Los Angeles, was published in 1992 and won the Edgar Award for Best First Novel by the Mystery Writers of America. Connelly has followed that up with over 30 more novels.
Over eighty million copies of Connelly’s books have sold worldwide and he has been translated into forty-five foreign languages. He has won the Edgar Award, Anthony Award, Macavity Award, Los Angeles Times Best Mystery/Thriller Award, Shamus Award, Dilys Award, Nero Award, Barry Award, Audie Award, Ridley Award, Maltese Falcon Award (Japan), .38 Caliber Award (France), Grand Prix Award (France), Premio Bancarella Award (Italy), and the Pepe Carvalho award (Spain) .
Michael was the President of the Mystery Writers of America organization in 2003 and 2004. In addition to his literary work, Michael is one of the producers and writers of the TV show, “Bosch,” which is streaming on Amazon Prime Video.
Michael lives with his family in Los Angeles and Tampa, Florida.
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