The DROP
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Harry Bosch is facing the end of the line. He's been put on the DROP - Deferred Retirement Option Plan - and given three years before his retirement is enforced. Seeing the end of the mission coming, he's anxious for cases. He doesn't have to wait long. First a cold case gets a DNA hit for a rape and
… More »Harry Bosch is facing the end of the line. He's been put on the DROP - Deferred Retirement Option Plan - and given three years before his retirement is enforced. Seeing the end of the mission coming, he's anxious for cases. He doesn't have to wait long. First a cold case gets a DNA hit for a rape and murder which points the finger at a 29-year-old convicted rapist who was only eight at the time of the murder. Then a city councilman's son is found dead - fallen or pushed from a hotel window - and he insists on Bosch taking the case despite the two men's history of enmity. The cases are unrelated but they twist around each other like the double helix of a DNA strand. One leads to the discovery of a killer operating in the city for as many as three decades; the other to a deep political conspiracy that reached back into the dark history of the police department.
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Add a CommentThis book is written with as much pathos and soul searching as a great pianist who knows how to deliver Chopin. It leaves you wondering just how those who do the police work we pretty much take for granted ever manage to get their hands clean after a day's work.
Connelly's getting lazy. This is an old story with highly successful mystery writers. They start cranking them out to meet contractual deadlines and the results are, well, predictable. I found this one B-O-R-I-N-G and Bosch seemed cut from cardboard, unlike the complexity he showed in the earlier HB books. I put it down half way through. Hard to understand why Publishers Weekly thought it was "deeply satisfying." Hardly.
Connelly is one of my favorites. Bosch is a great flawed character, even if he is getting long in the tooth. It might be time for retirement Harry. Not the best in the Bosch books, but not the worst either.
Its a goody
I enjoyed this book, but it lacked some kind of action. Is Connelly going to retire Bosch? I hope not, but reading this book makes me feel I've seen the last of Bosch.:(:(
Fast pace detective story about the death of a LA politician's son. Was it a suicide or murder case? Only bit of weakness is on the suicide motive.
Another winner from Connelly. I'm anxious to see how things play out with Bosch's daughter.
Great read - starts out slow to create all characters - many twists end leaves room for more adventures for Harry.
We can expect much better from Michael Connely. This novel is the weakest of all.Harry is pictured as a saint with profound liberal implications.Smetimes is better to wright less but worthy of reading.
The Drop ---- by Michael Connelly c - 2011 (Harry Bosch Story) ---- Wow, a very good read. Harry Bosch and his partner Chu had thier hands full on this one. And for me. getting the time to cruse through this novel was very hard. (finished it 12-30-11) ---- Enjoy! ---- RichardPaul