Three Shirt Deal

This book is really a sequel to White Sister. Shane's wife, Alexa,, has returned to work to soon and is suffering stress overload and is having seizures that she is keeping secret from everyone. She's also suffered a personality change which is effecting everyone and is worried about an upcoming review. Meanwhile Shane is approached by a very attractive detective from Internal Affairs who asks for his help. Political corruption, police corruption, private security corruption, murder and money stealing, and shootouts happen before their case gets solved.

This is one of the best of this Shane Scully series. It's a good read with a very good story.

BIBLIOGRAPHIC DETAILS:
Print: 1/15/2008; St. Martin's Press, First Edition; ISBN 978-0312366278; 336 pages.
Audio: 5/13/2008; Brilliance Audio; ISBN; Duration 9:33:00; Unabridged
Feature Film or tv: Not that I know of.
Series: Shane Scully book 7

Major characters:
Shane Scully--LAPD
Alexandra (Alexa) Scully—LAPD
Chooch—Shane’s son, Alexa’s step-son
Secada (Scout) Llevar – An Internal Affairs detective
Truit Hickman – An addict and small-time criminal

SUMMARY/ EVALUATION:
My husband and I enjoyed this 7th book in the Shane Scully series where an internal affairs detective tries to recruit Shane to assist in an investigation of an incarceration that looks all wrong, in the hopes that Shane can, in turn, recruit his wife to pull show more strings and assist with the problem of the detective’s boss having called her off the case. Alexa has her own problems and has no interest—in fact she continually rebukes Shane for his growing interest in the case. Brain injuries, politics and criminals always make for intrigue.

AUTHOR:
Stephen Cannell (February 5, 1941 – September 30, 2010). According to Wikipedia, Stephen “was an American television producer, writer, novelist, and occasional actor, and the founder of Cannell Entertainment (formerly Stephen J. Cannell Productions) and the Cannell Studios.

After starting his career as a television screenwriter, Cannell created or co-created several dozen successful TV series from the 1970s to the 1990s, often with his creative partner Frank Lupo. Cannell's creations included The Rockford Files, The A-Team, The Greatest American Hero, 21 Jump Street, and The Commish. He also wrote novels, notably the Shane Scully mystery series.”
This book merits my reading the entire series. 😊

NARRATOR:
Scott Brick. (January/30/1966).
Sn excerpt from IMDB:
“Actor, screenwriter and audiobook narrator Scott Brick definitely gives new meaning to a hyphenate career with credits in film, television, stage and radio. Born on January 30, 1966 in Santa Barbara, California, Brick studied both acting and writing at UCLA, and joined the ranks of working professionals upon leaving school in 1989.”
Scott’s “and THEN, would you believe . . .” edgy tone is perfect for this series.

GENRE:
Fiction, Mystery, thriller, crime, police procedure, suspense

LOCATIONS:
Los Angeles, Venice Beach

TIME FRAME:
contemporary

SUBJECTS:
Drugs, corruption, gangs, incarceration, brain injury

DEDICATION:
"This one's for my two girls.
Tawnia, you always see the truth and show me how to succeed with grace. You have enriched my life in so many untold ways.
Chelsea, you put a smile on my face, keep me young, and with your generosity show me how to be a better friend.
No father has ever had two more beautiful daughters. I love you guys."

SAMPLE QUOTATION:
From Chapter 1:
"Let's talk about the meds you found yesterday."
"I found them in her purse. She'd peeled the label off the bottle so I wouldn't know the doctor or what they were for. I had the police labe identify them. The results came back this morning. Carbamazepine and Sodium valporate."
"Do you know what those are commonly prescribed for?"
"According to the labe, they're for seizures."
He nodded. "Has your wife been having seizures?"
"I don't know. I haven't seen one, but if Alexa was taking this stuff, maybe. She stopped driving her car last week. She gets picked up and brought home by a department driver now. I was hoping she'd tell me on her own what's going on. So far she hasn't."
"Your wife was abducted last July and suffered a gunshot wound to the head resulting in a severe traumatic brain injury. That was less than eleven months ago. TBI seizures often crop up months afterward and can continue for years. And you say she's already back to work?"
"She had a lot of stuff pending. It's a big job. She supervises two hundred people."

RATING:
4 stars. I’m attached to these characters now.

STARTED READING – FINISHED READING
12-19-2021 to 12-27-2021 show less

Not a good one. I kept putting off reading this book. It never grabbed me and I didn't care about any of the characters.