The Drop

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.