White Sister, Stephen J. Cannell
White Sister, Stephen J. Cannell
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White Sister
A Shane Scully Novel

Author: Stephen J. Cannell

Narrator: Scott Brick

Unabridged: 12 hr 6 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/22/2006

Synopsis

Leaving L.A.'s Parker Center, Shane Scully and his wife, Alexa, agree to meet at home in one hour. Shane gets there; Alexa doesn't. In the middle of the night, he's called to a crime scene on Mulholland Drive: The African-American victim, who appears to be a Crip gangbanger, has been executed gangland style. Shockingly, the body is in Alexa's car and her gun is found nearby. But Alexa is missing. Shane's frantic investigation into his wife's disappearance soon takes him inside a bitter and violent feud between two rival hip-hop record companies.

At the center of this war is one of the most lethal adversaries he's ever encountered: Stacy Maluga, a trashy, beautiful Lady Macbeth-like white woman raised in Compton, married to a multi-millionaire rap mogul and known in the gangsta hip-hop world as the White Sister. Shane is no stranger to big trouble, but this time he's met his match in a powerful and media-savvy enemy who could put him in jail, order a hit on him, or utterly destroy his reputation. Worse, Shane fears that his wife may be dead and that the White Sister is behind it.

About Stephen J. Cannell

Stephen J. Cannell (1941-2010) was the author of the bestselling Shane Scully books, including The Prostitute's Ball, The Pallbearers, and Three Shirt Deal. He was also an Emmy Award winning television writer and producer, and in his thirty-five-year-career, he created or co-created more than forty TV series. Among his hits were The Rockford Files, Silk Stalkings, The A-Team, 21 Jump Street, Hunter, Renegade, Wiseguy, and The Commish. He received numerous awards, including the Saturn Award - Life Career Award (2004), The Marlow Lifetime Achievement Award from Mystery Writers of America (2005), and the WGA Paddy Chayefsky Laurel Award for Television Writing Achievement (2006). Having overcome severe dyslexia, Cannell was an avid spokesperson on the condition and an advocate for children and adults with learning disabilities. He was a third-generation Californian and resided in the Pasadena area with his wife, Marcia, and their children.

About Scott Brick

Scott Brick first began narrating audiobooks in 2000, and after recording almost 400 titles in five years, AudioFile magazine named Brick a Golden Voice and “one of the fastest-rising stars in the audiobook galaxy.” He has read a number of titles in Frank Herbert’s bestselling Dune series, and he won the 2003 Science Fiction Audie Award for Dune: The Butlerian Jihad. Brick has narrated for many popular authors, including Michael Pollan, Joseph Finder, Tom Clancy, and Ayn Rand. He has also won over 40 AudioFile Earphones Awards and the AudioFile award for Best Voice in Mystery and Suspense 2011. In 2007, Brick was named Publishers Weekly’s Narrator of the Year. Brick has performed on film, television and radio. He appeared on stage throughout the United States in productions of Cyrano, Hamlet, Macbeth and other plays. In addition to his acting work, Brick choreographs fight sequences, and was a combatant in films including Romeo and Juliet, The Fantasticks and Robin Hood: Men in Tights. He has also been hired by Morgan Freeman to write the screenplay adaptation of Arthur C. Clarke’s Rendezvous with Rama.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Glen on June 20, 2018

Shane Scully is going to meet his wife at home in about an hour. She doesn't show up. Instead, a gang member is shot in his wife's car, with his wife's gun. This all leads Scully into the dangerous world of gangsta rap. Still relevant today.......more

Goodreads review by Leon on September 27, 2013

A very sad day is slowing closing in on me -- the end of this series, followed by all Cannell's stand alone novels. Luckily my friend's Harry, Cathy & Benjamin keep the recommendations flowing.........more

Goodreads review by Brad on April 02, 2018

Next from the #unreadshelfproject2018 is White Sister by Stephen Cannell “After a meeting at Parker Center, Shane Scully and his wife, Alexa, agree to meet at home in an hour. Alexa never shows. Later, Scully is called to a crime scene. It looks like a gang member has been executed...in Alexa’s car,......more

Goodreads review by Michael on December 07, 2021

Stephen J. Cannell can really tell a story. And usually tells it very well. "White Sister" is no exception. It is one of his most complex tales, with many interesting characters. Part of the plot revolves around the inhabitants of the world of hip-hop, an alien world to me. At one time it was declared t......more

Goodreads review by Tracie on December 22, 2021

BIBLIOGRAPHIC DETAILS: Print: ©6/26/2007; PUBLISHER: St. Martin's Press; ISBN: 978-0312347369; PAGES: 352; Unabridged. Audio: ©8/1/2006; PUBLISHER: Macmillan Audio; ISBN: 978-1427220325; FILE SIZE: 348721KB; Duration 12:06:19; Unabridged; 10 parts Feature Film or tv: Not that I know of. Series: Shane......more

Quotes

“Cannell's strong suit has always been unique characters, and Scully's world-weary cop and family man is no exception. Add to that an intriguing mystery, authentic cop jargon (smoothly translated), snapshot descriptions of Southern California locales and a couple of tense and amusing LAPD-Homeland Security face-offs. Brick's rendition is clear, precise and effective in adding accent touches.” —Publishers Weekly on Cold Hit

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