Synopses & Reviews
The heat is on for Bob Skinner, Scotlands most revered, and in some circles, most feared cop. His career hangs by a thread, as a recent illness gives his enemies a weapon to use against him. A body found in the detritus of a flood is identified as the hated brother whose existence Skinner has kept hidden for years. On the crime front, an incendiary device destroys a valuable painting in Edinburghs Royal Scottish Academy. As Skinner and his team tackle these crises, his wife Sarahleft in America with their children, to recover from the tragic death of her parentsfinds comfort with an old college lover. When fate leaves her staring at a seemingly inevitable murder conviction, Skinner will need all his fearsome resources to sort out the tangled mess of his life. But is he still up to the challenge?
Synopsis
When a body is found after a flood, the secrets of a tempestuous life surface with it. Deputy Chief Constable Bob Skinner has kept the existence of his hated brother Michael hidden for years. As he relives their past conflict, other demons threaten his future. For not only are his professional enemies circling, but Sarah, his wife, seems set on a course for calamity. Can Skinner surmount the greatest challenges of his life... and if he does, will he ever be the same? Meanwhile, in an Edinburgh art gallery, his team confront a shocking and very public case of arson. Was it a political protest, or something much deeper?
Synopsis
In this breakthrough novel, the heat is on Bob Skinner, Scotland's most revered cop--his brother has been found dead, his wife has been implicated in a murder and Skinner's own job is hanging by a thread. The emotionally gripping 13th novel in Jardine's Bob Skinner series.