Stephen J. Cannell

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

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What would modern war be like if the front-line foot soldiers were not our sons and daughters, but genetically engineered animals with superhuman strength and speed, and just enough intelligence to understand commands and follow them blindly? This is exactly the weapon being-developed at a base in the desert by a top-secret government agency. Attorney Herman Strockmire, a rumpled man with a very big but defective heart, champion of lost legal causes...

This Shane Scully Double Pack is two novels in one--Vertical Coffin plus The Tin Collectors, Stephen J. Cannell's first Shane Scully novel! A nightmarish series of events sweeps LAPD's Sergeant Shane Scully and his wife (and boss), Alexa, into the vortex of an enormous, jurisdictional firestorm. First, a sheriff's deputy, a friend of Shane's, is gunned down while serving a routine search warrant. His fellow deputies blame the incident on the Bureau...

A nightmarish series of events sweeps LAPD's Sergeant Shane Scully and his wife (and boss), Alexa, into the vortex of an enormous, jurisdictional firestorm. First, a sheriff's deputy, a friend of Shane's, is gunned down while serving a routine search warrant. His fellow deputies blame the incident on the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, whom they angrily accuse of having failed to warn them that the suspect had a huge arsenal of illegal weapons...

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: 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 disappearance...

In the aftermath of his son's death, TV reporter Ryan Bolt agrees to film a documentary about a lesser-known presidential contender. The assignment could salvage his damaged life and career, but soon he uncovers the candidate' s mafia connections. Bolt doesn't know whom he truly serves, and by the time he finds out, it may already be too late- as the Mafia attempts to put a puppet leader in the White House. This political thriller...

Reno is saved by a man strongly resembling Elvis Presley and must unmask the mysterious man's true identity in order to keep him alive.

Reno joins a gang of cattle rustlers in a traveling rodeo in order to apprehend them.

Reno runs into a fugitive who was thought to be dead. Reno and Bobby learn about an organization that gives criminals a new identity and a fresh start.

Reno joins a drug smuggling biker gang to find the murderer of a teenage mechanic.