The Pallbearers (Shane Scully Novels) - Softcover

Cannell, Stephen J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0312532458 ISBN 13: 9780312532451

Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks, 2010

Synopsis

From perennial New York Times bestseller Stephen J. Cannell comes The Pallbearers, a powerful novel in which Detective Shane Scully, who grew up as an orphan, must revisit his painful childhood to find out who murdered the kind and charismatic man who became a father to him

Pop is found dead, the victim of an apparent self-inflicted shotgun blast. He left a note naming six Huntington grads as his pallbearers. Shane is one of the chosen―but he doesn't believe Pop's death was a suicide. Now, along with the others, Shane embarks on a dangerous mission to unearth Pop's real killer. But the group discovers an unexpected adversary whose power and influence far exceed anything they could have imagined―violent, dangerous men who are determined to keep the truth about Pop's death under wraps...no matter who gets in their way.

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From the Back Cover

To find the truth about one man's death

LAPD Detective Shane Scully was raised in an orphanage called Huntington House. There, he and a small group of kids were devoted to the home's director Walter "Pop" Dix. An avid surfer with a larger-than-life spirit, Pop was the father Shane never had. And now, thirty years later, he is gone...

The pallbearers will put their lives on the line...

Pop is found dead, the victim of an apparent self-inflicted shotgun blast. He left a note naming six Huntington grads as his pallbearers. Shane is one of the chosen―but he doesn't believe Pop's death was a suicide. Now, along with the others, Shane embarks on a dangerous mission to unearth Pop's real killer. But the group discovers an unexpected adversary whose power and influence far exceed anything they could have imagined―violent, dangerous men who are determined to keep the truth about Pop's death under wraps...no matter who gets in their way.

"Stephen J. Cannell is a first-rate storyteller."―Janet Evanovich

"[Cannell] keeps you nailed to the page." ―Ted Bell

About the Author

Stephen J. Cannell (1941-2010) was the author of the bestselling Shane Scully books, including The Prostitute's Ball 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 this edition

• Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0312532458
• ISBN 13: 9780312532451
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 400