The Tin Collectors by Stephen J. Cannell

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Bibliographic Details

• Author: Stephen J. Cannell
• Title: The Tin Collectors ( A Shane Scully Novel)
• Publisher: ‎ St Martin's Press; First Edition (January 1, 2001)
• Language: ‎ English
• Format: Hardcover – 389 pages
• ISBN-10: ‎ 0312269595
• ISBN-13: ‎ 978-0312269593
• Item Weight: ‎ 1.45 pounds
• Dimensions: ‎ 6.5 x 1.13 x 9.5 inches
• Book Condition: Used – Very Good (minor discoloration on the page edges.) Good condition is defined as a copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages and cover are intact and the cover is in excellent condition.
• Dust Jacket Condition: Excellent
• Edition: First Edition

Synopsis:

The bestselling novelist and award-winning Hollywood producer weaves a high-tension novel of suspense around a chilling conspiracy of corruption within the LAPD, reminiscent of the classic movie "Chinatown."

Inside the department, they're called Tin Collectors: Internal Affairs Agents, the police of the police. If they catch you breaking the rules, they'll come after your badge. If they want you badly enough, they'll collect more than just your tin.

LAPD Detective Shane Scully is startled awake in the middle of the night by a call from his ex-partner's wife, who is being beaten by her abusive husband. Racing to their house to stop the fight, Scully ends up killing his ex-partner, a cop who is beloved within the department. Suddenly, Scully finds himself an outcast, shunned by his fellow cops who intend to exact vengeance no matter what the cost. Internal Affairs zeroes in on the "renegade" cop with their sharpest young prosecutor, the ice queen Alexa Hamilton, who has her own reasons for taking revenge on Scully.

Desperate to save his career, Scully starts kicking over rocks within the LAPD. What he uncovers is pure evil: a conspiracy going to the very top that ultimately threatens not just his own life but that of a young teenage boy, Chooch, entrusted to Scully's care by his mother – Sandy Sandoval. Known as the Black Widow, Sandy is a beautiful and courageous woman who also happens to be the LAPD's most important undercover informant, and Scully will do anything to keep her son safe. Stephen J. Cannell combines mystery and violence, loyalty and passion in a tale with an ending as unpredictable as LA itself.

About the Author:

Stephen J. Cannell 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.

Cannell created or co-created several successful TV series from the 1970s to the 1990s. Creations included The Rockford Files, The A-Team, The Greatest American Hero, 21 Jump Street, and The Commish.

He was an Emmy winner and was awarded The Eye – Lifetime Achievement Award by the Private Eye Writers of America.

Cannell’s success was made even more remarkable by the fact that he suffered from extreme dyslexia.

He died in 2010 from complications with melanoma.