He’s retired from the Homicide Division of the Los Angeles PD, utilizing his newly freed up time to restore a vintage motorcycle. Will Harry accede to Mickey’s request? He has plenty of reasons not to. In The Crossing, we learn early on that defense attorney Micky Haller, Harry Bosch‘s half-brother, needs the help of an experienced investigator to prove his client’s innocence. With crime novels, the question is more often specific to the situation posited by the author. We had no trouble with that one: Will the guy get the girl (or vice versa). The hunger for the answer to that question is the chief generator of suspense.įrank asked us what that question traditionally is in a romance novel. The MDQ, as it’s sometimes called for the sake of brevity, is the story element that initially hooks the reader and keeps him or her committed right through to the book’s end. His kickoff question concerned a crucial aspect of narrative: the Major Dramatic Question. Last night, Frank took the discussion of a specific book – Michael Connelly’s The Crossing – and broadened it until it was about mystery fiction in general: its chief characteristics, what makes it work, why we love it.Īn aspiring author himself, Frank tends to approach book discussions from a writer’s point of view. Jat 12:55 am ( Book clubs, books, Mystery fiction) The Crossing by Michael Connelly: a book discussion
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