Vertical coffin
By: Stephen J. Cannell.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 335
Subjects: Scully, Shane (Fictitious character) -- Fiction; Government investigators -- Crimes against -- Fiction; Police -- California -- Los Angeles -- Fiction; Sheriffs -- Crimes against -- Fiction; Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction.
Description: Swat teams refer to doorways as "vertical coffins" because they are most vulnerable when passing through them. The new Shane Scully novel starts with a bang as an L.A. sherrifs deputy is gunned down on the front porch of a house while serving a routine warrant. The arrest is given to the Sherriff's Department by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms, who neglects to mention the man is suspected of hording an arsenal of illegal weapons.
Notes: "A Shane Scully novel"--Jacket.