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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780312366278
ISBN: 0312366272
Label: St. Martin's Press
Manufacturer: St. Martin's Press
Number Of Items: 1
Book Pages: 336
Publication Date: 2008-01-15
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Product Release Date: 2008-01-15
Studio: St. Martin's Press

Following the success of his bestselling novel White Sister, Stephen J. Cannell's latest blockbuster has Detective Shane Scully fighting to save a man railroaded for murder, while his wife, Alexa, has become a total stranger to him

A small-time crook is doing life in California's notoriously brutal Corcoran State Prison for the murder of his mother. He admitted to the crime, but now he claims his confession was coerced by the cops. A beautiful Internal Affairs detective, Secada "Scout" Llevar, asks Shane to help investigate, and he agrees after learning the original homicide detective was Brian Devine, a ruthless cop with whom Scully has a bad history.

What begins as a routine review quickly turns into something much more deadly. The case is abruptly shut down by an LAPD deputy chief, and Shane begins to suspect that for unknown reasons the prisoner really may have been framed by the police. But some things, once started, cannot be stopped, and the investigation spirals dangerously out of control, implicating a violent Hispanic gang, a millionaire power broker, and the front-runner in the Los Angeles mayoral race.

Meanwhile, Shane and Alexa struggle to save their marriage, which has come perilously close to disintegration since Alexa's near-fatal shooting in White Sister-just as Shane finds himself attracted to his new partner. Could the answer to their marital troubles be tied to the case he's investigating? In Cannell's latest heart-pounding thriller, Shane is tried in ways he has never been, risking his family, his job, and his life.

Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Love the Shane Scully series!!!
Review: Stephen Cannell has created a masterpiece! Every book in the Shane Scully series has you sitting on the edge of your seat, the action, mystery, drama. And it must have super glue on the pages, because you can't put it down until you've reached the end! Wish they'd turn them into movies/tv series! Write faster, Mr. Cannell! We need more Shane Scully!!

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Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Three Shirt Deal: A Shane Scully Novel()
Review: Cannell does it again. One of my all time favorites. Well draw characters. Fast paced with a great plot. He is a genius!

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Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Pretty fair read, but falls short of expectations
Review: I find myself in agreement with most of the other reviewers in regard to this latest Shane Scully novel. It's a pretty good read, smoothly written, but with some major flaws most of which have been pointed out by previous reviewers.
A couple of things stick in my craw, though, and one is the scene in which Shane and Scout are in her loft apartment in L.A. and he looks out the window and sees Nob Hill. Since Nob Hill is in San Francisco, Scout's apartment must be several thousand feet high. Another is when Shane observes a saguaro cactus just outside Bakersfield. Anyone who ever lived on the California desert knows you're not going to see the majestic saguaros except very near the Colorado River, and usually on the Arizona side of the border.
Of course, these are minor glitches, but they indicate a carelessness and lack of fact checking that hurts the book. Combine them with the other obvious flaws and it all adds up to a book that falls sadly short of what we have come to expect from this author.
Cannell needs to devote a little more time and effort to his next novel. At least be geographically accurate, for crying out loud.

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Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Amazingly he get it right each time!
Review: Stephen Cannell has to be one of the best writers in terms of delivering consistently high quality page turning (or in this case, disk swapping) books...and continued his streak with a Three Shirt Deal.

This book is extremely entertaining, and keeps you thinking. He does reuse some of the same things from books past, such as Shane breaking the rules, getting in trouble with the bosses, and a hidden agenda just waiting to be discovered.

I also like the linear sequence of his books, and the fact they build on the previous stories, and the story lines keep progressing. It allows a much closer bond with the characters. Here, with the marital issues between Alexa and Shane, you are drawn to just pull for them, that they can work it out. His character development is so good, its like you know the characters, and are friends with them.

All I can say is I hope to read even more about my "friends", if he continues this series. If you have read the others in this series, or this would be your first...this will not let you down.

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Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Solid entry in the series
Review: This isn't the best of the Shane Scully novels but it's a good read. There isn't any real twist in the plot as this novel is more a character study about Scully and how his relationship to his wife has changed because of her being shot in the last novel. The ending is a bit pat and some of the injuries that Scully takes are over the top to the point where you wonder how he's even a functioning human being let alone a hero cop. If your a fan of the series you'll enjoy the book.

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