Vertical Coffin
A Shane Scully Novel
Shane Scully Novels: Book #4
- By: Stephen J. Cannell
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length:
Description
The Edgar and Emmy Award-winning writer and producer delivers a high-concept thriller of inter-bureau conspiracy and betrayal
A nightmarish series of events sweeps LAPD's Sergeant Shane Scully and his wife (and boss), Alexa, into the vortex of an enormous, jurisdictional firestorm. First, a sheriff's deputy, a friend of Shane's, is gunned down while serving a routine search warrant. His fellow deputies blame the incident on the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, whom they angrily accuse of failing to warn them that the suspect had a huge arsenal of illegal weapons in his house. Soon thereafter, a member of the ATF Situation Response Team is shot to death, followed by the sniper murder of a member of the Sheriff's Special Enforcement Bureau. At the request of the Mayor, the LAPD—an uninvolved and unbiased agency—assigns Shane to investigate. He is given an impossible deadline to find a solution before these two elite and deadly SWAT Teams kill each other off amid a hurricane of horrible publicity. Stephen Cannell is one of television's most prolific and recognized producers. His Shane Scully series has been gaining a growing audience since the publication of The Tin Collectors, and Vertical Coffin is his best outing yet.
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Shane Scully Novels Series

Hollywood Tough
By: Stephen J. Cannell
Narrated by: Paul Michael
Length: 5 hours 49 minutes
Abridged: No
The New York Times bestselling author and Emmy Award-winning writer/producer sets his next action-packed thriller in the high stakes world he knows best: Hollywood
Back on the LAPD and hailed as a hero after taking down a deadly gang of rogue cops in The Viking Funeral, Shane Scully finds himself unwittingly involved in a criminal scheme to take... Read more »
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Hollywood Tough - Abridged
By: Stephen J. Cannell
Narrated by: Paul Michael
Length: 5 hours 49 minutes
Abridged: Yes
The New York Times bestselling author and Emmy Award-winning writer/producer sets his next action-packed thriller in the high stakes world he knows best: Hollywood
Back on the LAPD and hailed as a hero after taking down a deadly gang of rogue cops in The Viking Funeral, Shane Scully finds himself unwittingly involved in a criminal scheme to take... Read more »
Learn more
Vertical Coffin
By: Stephen J. Cannell
Narrated by: Scott Brick
Length:
Abridged: No
The Edgar and Emmy Award-winning writer and producer delivers a high-concept thriller of inter-bureau conspiracy and betrayal
A nightmarish series of events sweeps LAPD's Sergeant Shane Scully and his wife (and boss), Alexa, into the vortex of an enormous, jurisdictional firestorm. First, a sheriff's deputy, a friend of Shane's, is gunned down... Read more »
Learn more
Vertical Coffin - Abridged
By: Stephen J. Cannell
Narrated by: Scott Brick
Length: 3 hours 25 minutes
Abridged: Yes
The Edgar and Emmy Award-winning writer and producer delivers a high-concept thriller of inter-bureau conspiracy and betrayal
A nightmarish series of events sweeps LAPD's Sergeant Shane Scully and his wife (and boss), Alexa, into the vortex of an enormous, jurisdictional firestorm. First, a sheriff's deputy, a friend of Shane's, is gunned down... Read more »
Learn more
Cold Hit - Abridged
By: Stephen J. Cannell
Narrated by: Scott Brick
Length: 4 hours 52 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Cannell delivers non-stop action and intrigue in the latest installment of his New York Times bestselling Shane Scully series
Shane Scully and his partner are assigned to the case of "the Fingertip Killer"—a serial murderer preying on homeless veterans in Los Angeles. Every two weeks he strikes: he beats his victims, then shoots them in the back... Read more »
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Cold Hit
By: Stephen J. Cannell
Narrated by: Scott Brick
Length:
Abridged: No
Cannell delivers non-stop action and intrigue in the latest installment of his New York Times bestselling Shane Scully series
Shane Scully and his partner are assigned to the case of “the Fingertip Killer”—a serial murderer preying on homeless veterans in Los Angeles. Every two weeks he strikes: he beats his victims, then shoots them in the back... Read more »
Learn more
White Sister - Abridged
By: Stephen J. Cannell
Narrated by: Scott Brick
Length:
Abridged: Yes
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... Read more »
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White Sister
By: Stephen J. Cannell
Narrated by: Scott Brick
Length: 12 hours 5 minutes
Abridged: No
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... Read more »
Learn more