• The Drop

  • Harry Bosch, Book 15
  • By: Michael Connelly
  • Narrated by: Len Cariou
  • Length: 11 hrs and 23 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (7,050 ratings)

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The Drop

By: Michael Connelly
Narrated by: Len Cariou
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Harry Bosch has been given three years before he must retire from the LAPD, and he wants cases more fiercely than ever. In one morning, he gets two.

DNA from a 1989 rape and murder matches a 29-year-old convicted rapist. 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.

Impressed? Ace detective Harry Bosch is also on the case in other exciting Michael Connelly crime-fiction novels.
©2011 Michael Connelly (P)2011 Hachette Audio

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The drop like you can't drop the book

Good read I going through the whole Bosch series #entertain, definitely read the books before you watch the series if you plan on watching series on Amazon. All the Bosch series books have been pretty good couple have a slow start to him but they'll have good stories and follow through on them definitely #recommend #tagivings, #happy holidays

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The drop

Great story great Bosch story Len caribou does a nice job reading. Connelly does another great book in this series. One of my favorites.

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He went too gritty for us...

Connelly writes well, but this one was just to gritty for us. Cariou is SO good reading these!

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Compassion for Criminals

I really don’t know which one of the Harry Bosch books I like the most, they are all so very good. And they all have multiple stories within one book. In this book Harry has a lot on his plate, he is trying to date but not sure how a professional relationship will work as a personal relationship, he is dealing with trying to remember that he is a single father and he must attend to his daughter sometimes and can’t just run around the city all hours of the night like he used to. Harry is back in the office and working with Chew again, and now they have a wierd case that has been dropped in their lap. A case were the evidence points to a person who is too young to be the suspect, when the crime was committed the suspect would have been 8 years old. While starting to speak to the agents who were on the case Bosch gets a call from Kiz, and throws Harry a curve Ball. The Chief and Old Cheif Irvin is requesting Bosch to take a case of a jumper.. and the twist is that the jumper is Irvin's son. Harry and Chew think they are going in the right direction when a name Clayton Pell comes up as a good suspect for the old rape and murder of the 19 year old girl that happened 22 years ago, but when they find out that not only is Clayton not a good fit for this crime they start to really think that something is going wrong with the information from this case. Bosh and his partner Chew are following the evidence in these cases but at some point they have to stop and think is this evidence correct with what it is showing them or is there something that they are both missing in this case. Will they ever solve both cases?, who can they trust?

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what a great story and well-read.

this well maybe my favorite Harry Bosch book. Exceptional story and very well read. I didn't want it to come to an end.

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Excellent book

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I have about 300 audiobooks, Over 20 Harry Bosch books. At the end of this one when Harry was talking to a victims mother I found myself crying.. Great book Michael

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Top notch

I was not sure I would like Len Cariou as narrator, after thoroughly enjoying Titus Welliver on recent Bosch books, but I loved him. He has a gruff hard boiled approach that is different but still gets Bosch just right.

The story was engaging and moving. The relationship between characters, particularly Irv Irvin, Bosch and his partner Chu, is believable and interesting.

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Must Have

Absolutely love it. I am looking forward to another M. Connelly's book. Hooked on Bosch.

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What made the experience of listening to The Drop the most enjoyable?

Len Cariou has created such a visual character that I hope he continues to narrate the rest of the Bosch series.

What did you like best about this story?

The incredible outcome of this book had me on the edge of my seat listening to every word. The addition of Detective Bosch's daughter has soften his edges.

Which scene was your favorite?

My favorite scene was when he discovered the identity of one of his suspects.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

When Bosch sat down and was mentally transported back to the caves in Vietnam.

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This book was well worth the listen. I thoroughly enjoyed this one.

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Harry Bosch

very good book. keeps up the suspense really enjoy the narrator. highly recommend the whole series

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