$5.00
| Book Title | Cold hit |
| Series | Shane Scully |
| Genre | Thriller |
| Author | Stephen J. Cannell |
| Publisher | St. Martins Paperbacks |
| Published | 2006 |
| Pages | 370 |
| Format | Mass Market Paperback |
| Condition Notes |
A well-read Good copy with moderate-to-heavy exterior wear. The front has considerable rubbing along the spine edge and corners, surface scratches/scuffing, several small creases, and noticeable edge wear. The lower-right corner is curled/creased with some surface loss. The back has extensive rubbing and scratching, edge and corner wear, and a large area of torn-away sticker/paper residue near the lower-right, affecting the artwork but not the synopsis or ISBN/barcode. The bottom edge is also noticeably worn.
Despite the cosmetic wear, both covers remain substantially intact and readable. |
| Condition | Good |
LAPD detective Shane Scully is hunting a serial murderer targeting homeless veterans in Los Angeles when ballistics produce an unexpected breakthrough: a bullet from the investigation matches evidence from the unsolved murder of an LAPD officer ten years earlier.
What initially appears to be a serial-killer investigation begins reaching far beyond ordinary street crime.
Scully suspects that someone with access to sensitive government information has deliberately buried evidence. His investigation pulls him into a conflict involving federal authorities, international espionage and secrets dating back to the Cold War.
To uncover the connection between the old police murder and the current killings, Scully must work around powerful officials capable of destroying his career—and perhaps much more. Macmillan describes the novel as combining police procedure, forensics, espionage and concerns over unchecked government power.
This is a useful series-building thriller from a highly recognizable writer and television producer. Cold Hit sits almost exactly in the middle of the 11-book Shane Scully sequence, making it a natural title for customers filling holes in their collection.
This particular copy has substantial cosmetic wear, especially on the back, so its value is primarily as an affordable reading copy rather than a collectible.
This is ISBN 9780312347352 / 0312347359, the 2006 St. Martin’s Paperbacks mass-market edition.
Goodreads catalogs the exact ISBN as a first edition of this paperback format, while Google Books calls it a reprint because the novel itself had already appeared in 2005.
I would not advertise this individual copy as a confirmed first printing without seeing the copyright-page number line.
The back cover shows a printed price of $6.99 U.S. / $9.99 Canada.
