Stephen J Cannell
1) Vigilante
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Lita Mendez was a thorn in the LAPD's side. An aggressive police critic and gang activist, she'd filed countless complaints against the department. So when she's found dead in her home, Detective Scully and his partner Hitchens fear the worst: that there's a killer in their ranks. Outside the crime scene, Nixon Nash and his television crew have set up shop. Nash is the charismatic host of a hit reality show called "Vigilante TV," dedicated to beating...
2) On the grind
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
306 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Charged with felony misconduct in a high-profile solicitation of murder case, Lieutenant Scully is forced to resign from the LAPD and to seek employment with the corrupt police department in a small suburb of Los Angeles. There he becomes ensnared in political blackmail, and his only hope of clearing his name and coming out alive lies with his estranged wife, Alexa, the LAPD chief of detectives.
Author
Pub. Date
1997
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
407 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
When it comes to creating unforgettable criminal characters, nobody does it better than Emmy Award winner Stephen J. Cannell, the force behind such acclaimed TV hits as "The Rockford Files," "The Commish," "Wiseguy," and "The A-Team." Now come Cannell's most engaging characters yet-a spirited assortment of clever con artists.King Con vs. The Don
Raised in a world of flimflams, come-ons and con-jobs, Beano Bates has done so well he's earned a spot...
4) White sister
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Formats
Description
Leaving L.A.'s Parker Center, Shane Scully and his wife, Alexa, agree to meet at home in one hour. Shane gets there; Alexa doesn't. In the middle of the night, he's called to a crime scene on Mulholland Drive, where the African-American victim, who appears to be a Crip gangbanger, has been executed gangland style. Shockingly, the body is in Alexa's car and her gun is found nearby. But Alexa is missing. Shane's frantic investigation into his wife's...
Author
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Formats
Description
LAPD Officer Shane Scully is assigned to investigate an apparent war between SWAT units from the L.A. Sheriff's Department and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. Officers of both agencies are being murdered as they walk through doorways, known as "vertical coffins" because the officers are most vulnerable when walking through them. Scully soon discovers that he has no friends in law enforcement, and that he has put his loved ones in jeopardy...
7) Final victim
Author
Pub. Date
1996
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
405 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
A genius, hairless, seven-foot-tall psychopath, Leonard Land is many people wired into the cyber-subculture of Satanism and Death Metal. He is smart and cunning. He is quick, brutal and deadly. And he is everywhere. A renegade U.S. customs agent, a brilliant and beautiful forensic psychologist and a streetwise convict master hacker are on the trail of the maniac who is methodically slaughtering innocent women a hunt that is leading a trio of unlikely...
8) Cold hit
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2005
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
372 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Cannell delivers non-stop action and intrigue in the latest installment of his New York Times bestselling Shane Scully series… Shane Scully and his partner are assigned to the case of "the Fingertip Killer"-a serial murderer preying on homeless veterans in Los Angeles. Every two weeks he strikes: he beats his victims, then shoots them in the back of the head. Once they're dead, he cuts off their fingertips, closes their eyes, and tosses them in...
11) The pallbearers
Author
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
312 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
15) The A-Team
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
Widescreen ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (119 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Convicted by a military court for a crime they didn't commit, a daring team of former Special Forces soldiers must utilize their unique talents to break out of prison and tackle their toughest mission yet. It's going to take guts, split-second timing and an arsenal of explosive weapons, this is a job for The A-Team!
16) 21 Jump Street
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
Widescreen ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 110 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A pair of underachieving cops are sent back to a local high school to blend in and bring down a synthetic drug ring.
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
Full screen version.
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (approximately 677 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Heroic, daring and more than just a little colorful, The A-Team is a brave band of brothers who will stop at nothing to get the bad guys. Sent to prison by a military court for a crime they didn't commit, these four commandos escaped from a maximum-security stockade and now survive in the Los Angeles underground as soldiers of fortune.
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
Widescreen ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Documentary highlighting the pioneers behind police and crime shows on early American television. Groundbreaking actors Bill Cosby and Angie Dickinson reveal the methods behind their successes as the first African-American and breakthrough female lead characters in a television series. Barbara Bain and Martin Landau share the secrets behind the success of Mission: Impossible, while Peter Falk's amazing characterization in his role as Columbo is recalled....