The Drop
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4.2 • 354 Ratings
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- £5.49
Publisher Description
Is it the end of the line for Harry Bosch?
When evidence links a brutal murder in 1989 to a convicted rapist named Clayton Pell, the case should be watertight. Pell's DNA was found on the victim - but he was only eight years old at the time.
This is not the only mystery Harry Bosch has to solve. A man jumped - or was pushed - from a window. The victim's father is Councilman Irving, who's been intent on destroying Harry's career for years. Now Irving wants Harry to head up the investigation.
Harry uncovers traces of two of the city's deepest secrets: a killer operating for as many as three decades without being detected, and a conspiracy that goes back into the dark history of the police department . . .
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In Connelly's latest, Los Angeles police detective Harry Bosch has to deal with two puzzling cases. The first involves DNA evidence from a 20-year-old unsolved rape and murder that matches up with a convict who would have been just eight years old at the time of the crime. The second sees Bosch investigating the death of an influential and overbearing councilman's son, while trying to avoid the police department's internal politics. Len Cariou, who has narrated most of Connelly's recent books, sounds more over-the-hill than appropriate for Bosch, despite the detective's looming age-based forced retirement. Nonetheless, Cariou's performance ably serves this compelling, fast-paced police procedural even if his croaking voice takes a little getting used to. A Little, Brown hardcover.
Customer Reviews
Typical thoughtful Bosch
Two separate cases with growing similarities
Great book, good plot & twists that will keep you reading!
I’ve read so many of Michael Connolly‘s books and I really enjoy reading about Bosch. Michael is such a consistent writer and the plot, and detail, it’s just brilliant. I love every one of his books.
The Drop
This was my first Bosch book and MC became my go-to for crime fiction.
Having just re-read after some 15 years it remains a compelling read.
Can’t recommend it enough!