Harry Bosch puts pressure on the lab technician to push his case ahead of the others. The cruel killer of a young woman bit her and he has her saliva. When the lab calls back to say that the DNA in the wound matches the DNA of the murdered woman, Harry knows who killed her. This is a short story written exclusively for copies of The Drop sold in Waterstones bookshops. I looked everywhere for this short story. I even emailed Michael Connelly’s official website, and they said they couldn’t do anything… Finally, I found the Waterstones The Drop, a novel I had already read, on eBay. I was so happy… and the story is actually quite intelligent.
“Twins do not share the exact same DNA. But it is very close. In terms of the DNA profiling we do in accordance with the FBI’s CODIS database, we look for thirteen specific markers plus the Amel marker that shows us gender. These fourteen markers would not differentiate between twins. It would take a deeper profile. You’d have to go to several other markers.”