The Prostitutes Ball, Stephen J. Cannell
The Prostitutes Ball, Stephen J. Cannell
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The Prostitutes' Ball

Author: Stephen J. Cannell

Narrator: Scott Brick

Abridged: 4 hr 26 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)

Published: 10/12/2010


Synopsis

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. From that single bullet emerges a story of love, murder, suicide, and one of the biggest financial frauds in L.A. history. Someone has gone to great lengths to cover up a decades-old crime, and as Scully and Hitch get closer to the answer, they find themselves in a killer's crosshairs.

About Stephen J. Cannell

In his thirty-five-year career, Emmy Award-winning writer Stephen J. Cannell has created more than forty TV series. Among his hits are The Rockford Files, Silk Stalkings, The A-Team, 21 Jump Street, Hunter, Renegade, Wiseguy, and The Commish. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife and children.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Kathy on December 09, 2010

I was very sad reading this book as Cannell just passed away. What an amazing talent he was and he will be missed. This was a very different Shane Scully story than what I'm used to. More light-hearted and funny. I really liked it. Scully catches a triple homicide case involving a high profile Hollyw......more

Goodreads review by Kathy on June 23, 2021

Library Loan Interesting change from my usual reading. I borrowed another from the Scully series but I think I will return it to library. A whole lot of fancy cars, following the Hollywood types and the organized crime types (Colombian drug money) and Scully getting to adjust to his new partner who h......more

Goodreads review by Harlan on October 08, 2019

A master of the craft. If you write or like detective/thriller/crime fiction then this is what it looks like when it's done well. The author was one of the most experienced writers in Hollywood, and he penned one of the best from my childhood - The Rockford Files. This is him, later in life, basical......more

Goodreads review by Julie on August 20, 2021

Loved this book! Funny thing as I am progressing my way thru the book...I kept thinking who came first-Starsky and Hutch or Scully and Hitch??? :)......more

Goodreads review by Giovanni on October 26, 2010

I think most of us can envision many different things when we see a title such as this. This is a Shane Scully novel, and I am of the mind that it is one of the best, if not the best one of the series. Yes, I have read them all. Maybe my memory of past novels is a bit clouded, but the narrative on t......more