To uncover them, he must work alongside a former down-and-outer-turned-Hollywood impresario to infiltrate the movie business’ violent dark side, a world where deals are settled with handshakes but broken with the spilling of blood, and where the danger to Shane’s loved ones is all too real. When he looks closer, Scully discovers that the director’s mysterious past may hide deadly secrets. This is more than police business, it’s personal: Alexandra’s closest friend is engaged to the producer. Cannell, Paul Michael (Narrator), Michael Prichard (Reading) 3.86 1,155 ratings78 reviews 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 over the movie business. Soon, he will have to go deep undercover to take down a Hollywood conspiracy.Īt a glamorous party with his new wife, Alexandra, Shane hears a world-famous director make an ominous remark about the strange deaths of his ex-wives. Tough, streetwise Scully, who thought he'd seen just about everything, is astounded by the distorted egos and total insanity of the movie business, and while he struggles to keep his sting operation from spinning wildly out of control, he and Alexa find themselves and Shane's teenaged son, Chooch, involved in something much bigger than they had ever imagined, something that puts all their lives on the line.The New York Times best-selling author and Emmy Award-winning writer/producer sets his next action-packed thriller in the high-stakes world he knows best: Hollywood.īack 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 over the movie business. But before long the overbudgeted movie is rocketing into production. The plan is to draw the starstruck wiseguy into revealing his real purpose for coming to L.A. He initiates an elaborate and expensive sting operation, actually setting up a phony production company to produce a bogus movie at LAPD expense. At the same time, he becomes aware of a high-profile wiseguy's attempt to control Hollywood's unions. Is he serious or merely joking around with his coterie of hangers-on? This becomes more than just police business, because the party is to celebrate the engagement of the producer to Alexa's closest friend.Īgainst his wife's wishes, Shane begins to look into this heavy-hitter's past. At a glamorous Hollywood party with his new wife, Alexa, Shane overhears a famous producer make a suspicious remark about the strange deaths of his two ex-wives. Cannell sets his next pulse-pounding thriller in the high-stakes world he knows best-Hollywood! In Hollywood Tough, organized crime attempts to take over the film craft unions.ĭetective Shane Scully is back in the good graces of the department, hailed as a hero after bringing down a deadly gang of rogue cops in The Viking Funeral. A Shane Scully Novel by the Bestselling Author of The Tin Collectors and The Viking FuneralĮmmy Award-winning writer-producer Stephen J.
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