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    The Prostitutes' Ball
    The Prostitutes' Ball
    The Prostitutes' Ball
    Audiobook7 hours

    The Prostitutes' Ball

    Written by Stephen J. Cannell

    Narrated by Scott Brick

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    About this audiobook

    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.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrilliance Audio
    Release dateOct 12, 2010
    ISBN9781423374442
    The Prostitutes' Ball
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    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.

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    • 5/5
      About as good as they come. A seasoned author and screenwriter spins a tale about detectives solving a case and turning it into a screenplay. As intriguing as it sounds!
    • 4/5
      This is a great last book in the Shane Scully series. It is written kind of like a movie, which is relevant to the story. Scully is forced to work with a new partner and isn’t happy about it. Scully has a mild mid-life crisis, learns something new about his self, and has to come to terms with some age old issues.It is sad that we lost Stephen J. Cannell from the literary world, but this book ended in a good way to be the end of the series. I don’t think the books would be as interesting is Shane became a millionaire, which seems to be a distinct possibility after the story ends..If you are a fan you will enjoy the book, but the book can stand alone.
    • 4/5
      It's a few days before Christmas when Detective Shane Scully and his wife, Alexa, respond to a call in the Hollywood Hills. The crime scene is the pristine backyard swimming pool of a once-immaculate mansion on Skyline Drive, the site of an infamous murder decades prior, in which a family was killed in cold blood on Christmas Eve. In the ensuing years the house has been shuttered and left exactly as it stood on that terrible night. Shane and Alexa arrive to discover the after-math of a lavish party. The revelers have fled, leaving three dead bodies, all shot with the same gun. One is acclaimed film producer Scott Berman. The others, a pair of gorgeous women in their early twenties. Scully is assigned to the case along with his new partner, Sumner Hitchens. Hitch has a reputation in the department as a self-promoter; he sold the story rights to one of his cases to a film production company - and he has the millions to show for it. Scully and Hitch begin to investigate, and the case looks to be open-and-shut. The two young women were hired prostitutes, and there's a security video of an angry husband firing on all three. A simple case of revenge. But there's a catch. The detectives discover a single spent bullet casing that doesn't match the rest. From that single bullet emerges a story that spans thirty years - a tale of love, murder, suicide, and one of the biggest financial frauds in LA history. It's a story fit for the screen - and Hitch is determined to get it there, no matter what it takes. But someone has gone to great lengths to cover up the crime, and as Scully and Hitch get closer to the answer, they find themselves in a killer's crosshairs. The case could be the makings of a blockbuster Hollywood film - but only if Scully gets out of it alive.
    • 5/5
      Scott Brick could narrate anything and make it enjoyable. Fun book.