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A compelling new thriller featuring Scotland's toughest cop, ACC Bob Skinner - 'If Ian Rankin is the Robert Carlyle of Scottish crime writing, then surely Quintin Jardine is its Sean Connery' Herald, Glasgow Assistant Chief Constable Bob Skinner's legendary cool is shaken when he's faced with the brutally murdered bodies of his wife's parents. At the death scene in New York state, Skinner's out of his jurisdiction - but he's not going to let that stop him shaping the investigation. Soon it's clear that there's a killer hunting down a group of men with links that go back to the sixties, and that he's acting on instructions from highly placed sources. But just how high? Meantime back in Edinburgh Detective Superintendent Maggie Rose and her husband Mario, Divisional CID commander, are faced with a secret from that past that could bring their days in the police force crashing to a halt. And Skinner's not on hand to give out advice... |
| DCC Bob Skinner
is about to find out that nothing is quite what it seems when he faces
his most remarkable case yet in the eleventh title in the bestselling
series by Quintin Jardine
As Bob Skinner takes an evening stroll with a gorgeous filmstar on his arm, surely the worst of his worries is that back at Headquarters, an ambitious new colleague is scheming to enlarge his territory at Skinner's expense. But when a frightening shot-gun attack sends Skinner and his old flame Louise Bankier diving for cover, it seems danger has zeroed in on him once again. Returning to her native Scotland to shoot her latest film, Louise Bankier is one of Scotland's most popular exports - except with the stalker who seems determined to scare her witless - and maybe worse. For Skinner, tracking down her tormentor isn't just business now. It's very personal indeed. Meanwhile, the case of a pensioner found dead in his bath turns out to be anything but an open and shut case - especially when one of Skinner's closest staff is accused of murdering him. And a gang of thieves specialising in stealing items of a rather slippery nature are driving more than one police force to distraction. On several fronts, Skinner is about to find out that nothing is quite what it seems... |
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