Nine Dragons (43 page)

Chungking Mansion buildings (Photo credit: Steven Vascik)

Chungking Mansion buildings (Photo credit: Steven Vascik)

Chungking Mansion buildings (Photo credit: Steven Vascik)

Fishing village in the New Territories (Photo credit: Steven Vascik)

Hong Kong Airport Health Screening (Photo credit: Steven Vascik)

Honk Kong skies during the Hungry Ghost Festival (Photo credit: Steven Vascik)

Hungry Ghost Happy Valley (Photo credit: Steven Vascik)

Hungry Ghost Mong Kok (Photo credit: Steven Vascik)

Hungry Ghost Mong Kok (Photo credit: Steven Vascik)

New Police Administration Building in Los Angeles (Photo credit:Wendy Werris)

Night time district of Wan Chai (Photo credit: Steven Vascik)

Tunnel to Kowloon (Photo credit: Steven Vascik)

Look for the next Harry Bosch novel,
The Drop
.

Also look for the most recent Harry Bosch novel,
The Black Box
.

Following is an excerpt from the opening pages of
The Drop

One

Christmas came once a month in the Open-Unsolved Unit. That was when the lieutenant made her way around the squad room like Santa Claus, parceling out the assignments like presents to the squad’s six detective teams. The cold hits were the lifeblood of the unit. The teams didn’t wait for callouts and fresh kills in Open-Unsolved. They waited for cold hits.