The Drop

Harry Bosch, Book 15

By: Michael Connelly

Narrated by: Len Cariou

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

It's BOGO Bosch!

Pay for one, get two Harry Bosch novels entwined here in "The Drop" AND…. a bridge to Connelly's next Bosch… "The Black Box"! Plus this is totally great Michael Connelly. Here Harry goes puzzling-out the mysteries of a "Splatter" who's found seven stories below his penthouse terrace while Bosch's also working through the mindset of a pedophile who's got an astonishing alibi as a suspect in a rape/murder.

Of course both cases are cemented together with procedural detail and cop-politics. Connelly's never been better, nor has Michael McConnohie. As usual, I recommend you start Bosch from the beginning of this epic series to capture all the whorls and whims of Connelly's imagination, but hey… If you just want to start your Bosch experience somewhere…

Drop in here…

Great story - bad narrator

Where does The Drop rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

Yet another great story by Connelly, unfortunately spoiled by poor, monotonous performance by Len Cariou. Nobody beats Dick Hill. Nobody.

into the meat grinder

I follow these novels and eagerly await the next . . . but I think I might be getting tired of them. Bosch is Bosch, and it's beginning to no longer be enough. He adamantly pursues his singleminded goal, creating yet another grim procedural, where despite the adversaries and setbacks and potential distractions, Bosch is a procedural machine whose gears might get a little rusty but won't stop grinding . . . until people no longer want to hear about it. The reader is good, but perhaps contributes to this sense of exhaustion I have by being perhaps unimaginative in his inflections of the straighforward prose. The story has a real bad guy and plenty of complexity and false leads and it kept me listening . . . but I felt little satisfaction from the successful outcome, only a kind of relief that it was over at last . . .

Connelly at his best

Would you consider the audio edition of The Drop to be better than the print version?

The audio edition is great, I bought the print version also.

Did the plot keep you on the edge of your seat? How?

Just when you thought you had it all figured out it turned on a different note.

Which scene was your favorite?

My favorite scene was when Bosch figured out that Chill was impersonating his father.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

YES! laugh and cry.

Any additional comments?

A great listen, I was so sorry it ended. Can't wait for the next installment of Bosch.

Another excellent Harry Bosch book...but

What did you love best about The Drop?

This time Harry has 2 mysteries to solve. He does his usual good job with both.

What was one of the most memorable moments of The Drop?

I liked the political back story. It's "so LA".

How could the performance have been better?

The reader made all the details sound like a lecture. I felt like I should take notes for a test on police procedures.

Another Excellent Bosch

I am a huge Michael Connelly fan and this one does not disappoint. Harry Bosch is such a great character and I think this is story will not disappoint. I do not mind the change of narrators for Harry Bosch. I think both do an excellent job of depicting Harry that I am not ever disappointed. There are few narrators I can say this for but Len Cariou and Dick Hill are so good I do not hesitate to buy the latest Harry Bosch book no matter who is narrating.

The Best Harry Bosch

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

This is the best of all of the Harry Bosch books. I've read every single one of them and this one I enjoyed ever word of the story and the narrator's performance.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

I listened to this book on the way to and from work. It was such delicious listening. I highly recommend this one. It can stand on it's own but I would recommend listening to all of them.

Any additional comments?

Great listen!!

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.

can't turn it off!!!!

What did you like best about this story?

Good ol' Bosch doing what he does best...finds the bads guys.The best part I would have to say is Len Cariou making you go into another world. Fabulous narrating.

Curmudgeon Harry at his best

If you could sum up The Drop in three words, what would they be?

Very nice performance

Did the plot keep you on the edge of your seat? How?

Perhaps not on the edge of my seat but at least it kept me interested

Which character – as performed by Len Cariou – was your favorite?

Harry

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

No

Any additional comments?

Just keep them coming at this level and all will be well…