VJ Books has received: Yann Martel – Beatrice and Virgil, Ben Bova – The Hittite, Ridley Pearson – Kingdom Keepers 3: Disney in Shadow, Jonathan Kellerman – Deception, Stephen Cannell – The Pallbearers, Alafair Burke – 212, Ellen Horan – 31 Bond Street, and Junius Podrug – Feathered Serpent 2012.
Anxious Shane Scully followers can now relax. From New York Times bestselling author Stephen J. Cannell comes the ninth Shane Scully novel, The Pallbearers. Signed editions available at VJ Books (http://www.vjbooks.com).
In this compelling new novel, Detective Shane Scully must revisit his painful childhood to find out who murdered the kind and charismatic man who became a father to him.
Abandoned by his parents as an infant, Scully was reared in an orphanage, Huntington House. The only positive thing in his young life was the attention of the Home’s director, Walter “Pop” Dix. Pop, an avid surfer, would take a small group of kids for early morning surfing. He was the father none of them had ever had.
That was thirty years ago. Now, Shane is forced to revisit these memories when Pop is found dead, the victim of an apparently self-inflicted shotgun blast. He leaves a message asking six specific people, all of whom attended Huntington House, to be his pallbearers, and Shane is one of the chosen. He and his fellow pallbearers don’t believe it was a suicide. That leaves murder. But why, and by whom?
Together, the pallbearers start on a dangerous odyssey in pursuit of justice for Pop, and for retribution against those responsible for his death. Their journey takes them up against an unforeseen adversary whose power and influence far exceed anything they could have imagined. (more…)
Today we are promoting nearly a dozen titles that for some reason got overlooked . . . either we missed giving them the attention they deserved, or perhaps, you didn’t see the newsletter. We thought we’d give them another chance, and we are cutting the price on each of them by five bucks. All eleven titles are exciting and merit another look, but please give your special attention to three of them.
(Publisher’s Weekly, Jan 19)
Stephen Cannell, with more than a dozen bestselling novels and more than 40 TV series to his credit, including The Rockford Files, The A-Team and The Commish, has another hit with On the Grind. Sales are up 25% over his last book, Three Shirt Deal, and it has gone into a second printing. His Web site has lots of information on dyslexia – a condition Cannell has lived with his entire life.
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Stephen J. Cannell channels his insider experiences into a tautly drawn noir look at the materialistic Hollywood lifestyle.
Charged with misconduct in a high-profile solicitation of murder case, Scully is forced to resign from the LAPD of face criminal prosecution. His wife Alexa leaves him, seeking a divorce for his alleged dalliance with the accused in the case, a well-known Hollywood actress. His son, Chooch, horrified by these events, won’t speak to him.
In order to make a living, Scully seeks employment where he can: the Haven Park, California PD. Haven Park is a small, incorporated city near downtown LA, populated largely by illegal immigrants. The department is known for its corruption, in effect the Mayor’s personal goon squad and collection agency. As Shane gets involved, he learns that things are rarely what they seem. Relentlessly harassed by an over-zealous FBI agent, the beautiful Ophelia Love, and under the constant, sometimes violent, extremely paranoid scrutiny of his new comrades-at-arms, Shane finds that Alex may be the only one who can get him out of this new mess alive.
But is she willing to?
“Stephen J. Cannell is one of my favorite authors. Read Steve – you’ll be hooked!” – Janet Evanovich
(www.news-press.com, Nov. 9, Jay MacDonald)
Of course, you’ll find this tale, Connelly‘s best work in years, in your bookstore under its correct title, “The Brass Verdict” (Little, Brown, $26.99).
But for longtime fans of Connelly’s moody L.A. Detective Harry Bosch (this is his 14th case) as well as readers who only caught Connelly fever with “The Lincoln Lawyer,” the 2005 debut of his legal thriller series featuring L.A. (more…)