Publisher's Synopsis
'Cannell's brand of thriller is served straight up and he knows how to cut to the chase.' -The New York Times'Stephen Cannell has the screenwriter's fine ear for dialogue and great sense of timing and pacing as well as the novelist's gift of substance and subtlety. Cannell likes to write, and it shows.'-Nelson deMille, author of Cathedral and Word of HonorShane Scully, LAPD detective and hero of the bestseller The Tin Collectors, returns in another gripping thriller. Scully's previous case resulted in a six months psychiatric leave of absence, and in The Viking Funeral he again becomes immersed in a world of corruption - a world that takes him into the centre of an international money laundering scheme. When Scully sees his oldest friend and colleague Jody Dean driving a car two years after his supposed suicide, he is plunged into a conspiracy deep within the LAPD. Scully discovers that not only is Jody very much alive, but he is also a member of the Vikings, a desperate group of rogue cops.;Now Scully is forced to go up against his best friend in order to bring this dangerous gang to justice and begins a terrifying odyssey that leads him deep into the corrupt world of the LAPD and to the edge of his own tortured psyche.In his illustrious career the Emmy award-winning writer/producer Stephen J. Cannell has created such TV hits as The Rockford Files, The A-Team and The Commish. His bestselling novels include The Tin Collectors, The Plan, King Con and his new novel Hollywood Tough. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife and children.
