The Drop

The Drop is a novel by Michael Connelley. This novel features Harry Bosch.

Harry Bosch has got an extension for 3 years. He is very keen to pursue the old unsolved cases by LAPD. This novel deals with two cases one is current and the other an old case which is unsolved. Harry Bosch and his partner are assigned on the old unsolved case about a serial killer. In the mean time there is a current case about an apparent suicide by the son of a councillor who was previously a police officer under whom Bosch was working. But Bosch could not get along with him. Even then he is selected for the case of his son’s suicide. Whether it is a suicide or a murder is what has to be investigated. This is a typical Bosch story very fast and with lot of twists, which Bosch solves it but there is a twist in the tale. The other old unsolved case is the one where Bosch and his partner dig up the past and eventually they catch up with the serial killer who has sexually abused and murdered thirty seven persons.

The novel also has a love angle between Bosch and the psychologist. The story also has Harry Bosch’s daughter who wants to be a police officer like her father.

The novel is a page turner and a must for all Michael Connelley fans. The book is available on Amazon.com.