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    The Pallbearers
    The Pallbearers
    The Pallbearers
    Audiobook8 hours

    The Pallbearers

    Written by Stephen J Cannell

    Narrated by Scott Brick

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    About this audiobook

    From the perennial New York Times bestseller comes a powerful novel in which Detective Shane Scully, who grew up as an orphan, must revisit his painful childhood to find out who murdered the kind and charismatic man who became a father to him

    Abandoned by his parents as an infant, Scully was reared in an orphanage, Huntington House. The only positive thing in his young life was the attention of the Home's director, Walter "Pop" Dix. Pop, an avid surfer, would take a small group of kids for early morning surfing. He was the father none of them had ever had.

    That was thirty years ago. Now, Shane is forced to revisit these memories when Pop is found dead, the victim of an apparently self-inflicted shotgun blast. He leaves a message asking six specific people, all of whom attended Huntington House, to be his pallbearers, and Shane is one of the chosen. He and his fellow pallbearers don't believe it was a suicide. That leaves murder. But why, and by whom?

    Together, the pallbearers embark on a dangerous odyssey in pursuit of justice for Pop, and for retribution against those responsible for his death. Their journey takes them up against an unforeseen adversary whose power and influence far exceed anything they could have imagined.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrilliance Audio
    Release dateMar 16, 2010
    ISBN9781423374374
    The Pallbearers
    Author

    Stephen J Cannell

    In his thirty-five-year career, Emmy Award-winning writer Stephen J. Cannell has created more than forty TV series. Among his hits are The Rockford Files, Silk Stalkings, The A-Team, 21 Jump Street, Hunter, Renegade, Wiseguy, and The Commish. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife and children.

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    • 5/5
      Listened to almost all in this series and this was the best so far. Too bad Cannell isn’t still around to write more masterful stories.
    • 3/5
      Ready to head out the door with his wife for a two week vacation in Hawaii, Shane Scully receives word that "Pop" Dix, director of the orphanage where Scully was raised, committed suicide. What's more, Scully has been named in Pop's will as one of his pallbearers. It turns out that the six who have been named as pallbearers all share one trait in common. By nature they are obstinate, rebellious, and constitutionally unable to acquiesce to authority. It figures then that they immediately question the conclusion of the investigating detectives and coroner that death was by suicide.This book represents somewhat of a comeback, following as it does On The Grind, the Shane Scully novel that preceded this book. Not all the way back though; Three Shirt Deal is a much more interesting read. Cannell develops the plot at a pedestrian pace and many of the developments are completely predictable. For example, it is quite predictable from the very beginning that Scully will find that Pop Dix did not commit suicide and that the Hawaii vacation will never happen. Once the six pallbearers are introduced it is a foregone conclusion that they will form a "dirty dozen" type team to solve the murder. Once introduced, the mastermind behind the murder is also predictable.Despite this, the book does introduce some unexpected elements and it maintains some suspense. The motive for the murder comes as a surprise and the introduction of the Native American reservation is unexpected. I found the final legal outcome to be cliché; don't all of the bad guys that are not killed by the protagonist eventually hire a superb lawyer evade justice? This is an, "I had no trouble putting it down" book but not one I regret reading through to the end. Too bad Scully didn't just shoot the primary culprits and have done with it.
    • 4/5
      Shane Scully has found out that the one man who took care of him as a child had killed himself. The man wanted Scully and 5 other people to be his pallbearers. As the six met, they understood that they were hand picked special. As the six of them looked in to "Pop's" death, and couldn't believe that he killed himself. The six of them decided that they'd look more closely into their childhood protectors death. If he was murdered, they would figure out who did it and why, and that person would defidently pay.

      Stephen J. Cannell provides his fans with a deep look at the hero's childhood through his adult eyes looking back to the time that shaped the man he is.
    • 5/5
      great read with a twist and happy ending.
    • 4/5
      Shane Scully was ultimately raised in an orphanage called Huntington House. The only positive thing in his young life was the attention of the home's director, Walter "Pop" Dix. pop, an avid surfer, would take a small group of kids for early morning surfing, he was the father that none of them ever had. 30 years later Shane is forced to return too his childhood when he learns that Pop is found dead, the victim of an apparently self-inflicted shotgun blast. Pop left a note asking six specific people, all of whom attended Huntington House, to be pallbearers and Shane is one of the chosen. He and his fellow pallbearers are convinced Pop would never have killed himself. That leaves murder, but why would anyone kill Pop and who?
    • 4/5
      excellently paced, believable characters, very good action - we need more like this
    • 3/5
      I was pleased and surprised when I saw this book at the library, I didn't know that there was a new Shane Scully novel out. As I said, it was good, but not great. For me, it seemed to be missing something. The Plot was really good. Scully found out that the one man who took care of him as a child had killed himself. The guy wanted Scully and 5 other people to be his pallbearers. As the six met, they understood that they were hand picked special. As the six of them looked in to Pop's death, and couldn't believe that he killed himself. The six of them decided that they'd look into Pop's death. If he was murdered, they'd have to figure out who did it and why, and that person would pay. That's all I really want to say about the plot. I don't want to give to much of it away. I did like the fact that we were able to see Scully's past, and how he changed from an angry, bitter child to the man he is today. I also liked how the reader is able to get to know the other pallbearers, and see how they turned out. I really liked the character of Jack. The writing was good as usual. Cannell is able to put us with Scully in that everything he does. Cannell is very good at that. The downsides is that it just felt like The Pallbearers was missing something. It hard to say, but it just felt empty. I didn't like how it ended. Don't get me wrong, it's not a bad read, but just not one of my favorites