The Drop (A Harry Bosch Novel)
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| Rating | : | 4.39 (998 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1600247237 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 100 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-07-19 |
| Language | : | English |
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Connelly's aging hero is a flawed, haunted, and unforgettable character; his creator is a master craftsman. In pursuit of the truth, and an elusive killer, Bosch and his partner uncover secrets and a political conspiracy deep within the police department. Harry's pursuit of that case is interrupted by the apparent suicide of a councilman's son. A former police chief and no fan of Harry's, the councilman insists that Harry investigate his son's death. The first is a botched DNA test from a 1989 rape and murder, which has been pinned on a convicted rapist who was only eight years old at the time of the crime. --Neal Thompson. Best Books of the Month, December 2011: With his retirement looming, LAPD's Hieronymus "Harry" Bosch takes on two seemingly unrelated cases
Harry Bosch has been given three years before he must retire from the LAPD, and he wants cases more fiercely than ever. Was he an eight-year-old killer or has something gone terribly wrong in the new Regional Crime Lab? The latter possibility could compromise all of the lab's DNA cases currently in court.Then Bosch and his partner are called to a death scene fraught with internal politics. Councilman Irvin Irving's son jumped or was pushed from a window at the Chateau Marmont. Irving, Bosch's longtime nemesis, has demanded that Harry handle the investigation.Relentlessly pursuing both cases, Bosch makes two chilling discoveries: a killer operating unknown in the city for as many as three decades, and a political conspiracy that goes back into the dark history of the police department.. In one morning, he gets two.DNA from a 1989 rap
Alan Mills said Mickey Haller is Back!. Connelly is best known for his Harry Bosch seriesand Harry plays a role here, but the book is about Mickey Haller. Haller is an attorney who operates his criminal defense practice out of the back seat of his Lincoln. He rushes from courthouse to courthouse, covering calls,. Viewster said Harry Bosch: at it once again. This is later, but vintage Harry Bosch. Connelly carries of juggling two separate story lines deftly, as he has done before, without losing control of narrative, pacing, or characterization. Along the way his characters, many of whom are "survivors" of earlier Bosch storie. Richard B. Schwartz said An (Administrative) Procedural. First off: the title. The `Drop' is the Deferred Retirement Option Plan. Harry has been given three years before he will be forced to retire from the LAPD and he wants to make the most of the time available. He is working two cases--a murder (or is it a suicide?) at the Ch
He spends his time in California and Florida. Crime Beat,a collection of his journalism, was also aNew York Timesbestseller. . Michael Connelly is a former journalist and the author of the #1 bestsellersThe Reversal,The Scarecrow, The Brass VerdictandThe Lincoln Lawyer,the bestselling series of Harry Bosch novels, and the bestselling novelsChasing the Dime, Void Moon, Blood Wor