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The Prostitutes' Ball (2010)

by Stephen J. Cannell(Favorite Author)

3.89 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0312557302 (ISBN13: 9780312557300)

languge

English

genre

Mystery & Thriller

publisher

St. Martin's Press

series

Shane Scully

review 1: This writer has yet to disappoint me with the few I’ve sampled from this detective series set in Los Angeles featuring Shane Scully. Cannell has the knack of tight and entertaining story telling. His decades of script writing for TV make “cinematic” a natural quality for him. But in this one goes over the top on that score. Scully’s new partner, Hitch, has already made a lot of money selling the details on a past case to a film producers, and their new case has him obsessed with similar prospects. A famous director and two super high-price call girls are found machine gunned to death at a luxury setting in the Hollywood Hills. Lots of digging into the sordid lifestyles of the rich and famous. But this is no dark Ellroy story. All the twists and turns to the... more tale just add to Hitch’s concept of a script. Scully’s hatred of Hitch and his focus on money begins to ease as it turns out his connections really help with progress on the case. Great dialog, pacing, and colorful characters added to a fun ride from start to finish. So sad for me that this was Cannell’s last before dying in 2010.
review 2: This is the perfect example of a great read that is not even a very good book. It is a really simply an artfully patchwork of cliches. Stephen J. Cannell knew how to write a book that is a butter read - slick and caloric. I am still pissed at him for dying. Detective Shane Scully has a new partner who's a black guy interested in turning his police stories into movies. They stumble over a relatively minor case which - in the best cliche possible - uncovers a 30 year old closed case that needs reopening. Even with the long list of things that make a book not worthy, I enjoyed it to the end. less

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