The prostitutes' ball

Format:

Book (large print)

Title:

The prostitutes' ball

Author:

Cannell, Stephen J.

ISBN:

9781602859722

Publication Information:

Thorndike, Me. : Center Point Pub., 2011.

Physical Description:

366 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.

Series title(s):

Shane Scully novel.

General Note:

Summary:

Detective Shane Scully responds to a call in the Hollywood hills at a once-immaculate mansion, the scene of an infamous murder twenty-five years prior. He discovers the remnants of a lavish pool party. The revelers have fled, leaving three dead bodies in their wake, all shot with the same gun. One is an acclaimed film producer. The other two, a pair of gorgeous women. With his new partner, Sumner "Hitch" Hitchens, Scully begins to investigate what looks to be an open-and-shut case: The women were hired prostitutes, and there's security video of an angry husband firing on all three. A simple case of brutal revenge. But nothing is ever as simple as it seems: There's a single spent bullet casing that doesn't match the rest.

Subject(s):

Scully, Shane (Fictitious character) -- Fiction.

Police -- California -- Fiction.

Large type books.

Geographic Term:

California.

Genre:

Large type books.

Detective and mystery fiction.

Fiction.

Mystery fiction.

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Detective Shane Scully responds to a call in the Hollywood Hills at a mansion that was the scene of an infamous murder twenty-five years ago. There, he discovers the remnants of a lavish pool party. The revelers have fled, leaving behind three dead bodies: an acclaimed film producer and two beautiful women.

Author Notes

Stephen J. Cannell was born in Los Angeles, California on February 5, 1941. He was dyslexic and struggled through school. After graduating from the University of Oregon, he drove a truck for his father's home-decorating business and wrote TV scripts at night and on the weekends. His first writing successes were story ideas sold to Mission Impossible. Four years later, he sold a script for It Takes a Thief. In 1966 a script he submitted for Adam 12 so impressed the producers at Universal that they offered him the position of head writer. At Universal he wrote and helped create several TV shows including The Rockford Files, Baretta, and Baa Baa Black Sheep.

He started his own production company in 1979, generating The A-Team, Riptide, Hunter, and 21 Jump Street. Other credits include Wiseguy, Renegade, and Silk Stalkings. He has scripted over 1,500 TV episodes and created or co-created over 40 programs.

His first novel, The Plan, was published in 1995. During his lifetime, he wrote more than 15 novels including Final Victim, King Con, and the Shane Scully series. He died of complications associated with melanoma on September 30, 2010 at the age of 69.

(Bowker Author Biography)

Reviews (2)

Publisher's Weekly Review

Cannell injects new life into his bestselling Shane Scully series by giving the LAPD homicide detective a new partner in his 10th outing (after The Pallbearers). Since Shane's regular partner is on leave, Shane teams with Sumner Hitchens, a handsome African-American detective widely disliked throughout the department. Hitch, who dresses like a menswear model, lives like the millionaire he has become as the result of selling the story of one of his homicide cases to the movies. This rubs Shane the wrong way, but after Hitch saves his life, Shane begins to see another side to the man. A quick resolution to a triple homicide they investigate-a famous movie director and two prostitutes shot dead at a party-leads them to another mystery that occurred 25 years before. Hitch and Shane are a powerful combination, both as characters and as detectives. Readers will look forward to seeing more of this dynamic duo. Author tour. (Oct.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved

Booklist Review

Shane Scully, the L.A. homicide cop, isn't sure what's more challenging: his tricky new case or his flashy new partner. An old Hollywood mansion is the scene of a shooting that leaves three dead; evidence found at the scene seems to connect these crimes with a quarter-century-old murder-suicide. Shane and his new partner, a detective who sold one of his previous cases to the movies (and who seems interested in making sure this one turns out in a suitably Hollywood manner), dig into the old crime and uncover a modern mystery that puts both their lives at risk. Cannell has written several Scully novels, but he isn't anywhere close to using up the character, or to sinking into formulaic mediocrity. The novel is perfectly fresh, and it's a mystery why someone veteran film producer Cannell, for example hasn't brought Scully to the big or small screen. He's a great character, and this is another fine novel in the series.--Pitt, David Copyright 2010 Booklist