Synopses & Reviews
Assistant Chief Constable Bob Skinners legendary cool is severely shaken when hes faced with the brutally murdered bodies of his wifes parents. At the death scene in New York, Skinners out of his jurisdictionbut hes not going to let that stop him from shaping the investigation. Its soon clear that theres a killer hunting down a group of men with links that go back to the sixties, and that hes acting on instructions from highly placed sources. But just how high? Meanwhile, back in Edinburgh, Detective Superintendent Maggie Rose and her husband Mario, Divisional CID Commander, are faced with a secret from their past that could bring their days at the police force crashing to a halt.
Synopsis
The hair-trigger thrillers of Quintin Jardine, one of Scotland's top-selling crime writers, have been highly praised for their ingenious plotting and powerful emotional drama. With Bob Skinner, Edinburgh's toughest cop, at the center of the action, they form a first-class, robustly entertaining series of police procedurals.
Synopsis
Assistant Chief Constable Bob Skinner's legendary cool is shaken when he's faced with the brutally murdered bodies of his wife's parentsDeputy Chief Constable Bob Skinner has witnessed the aftermath of murder countless times. Yet nothing could have prepared him for identifying the strangled bodies of his wife's beloved parents, killed at their lakeside cabin in New York State. Driven by cold rage, Skinner quickly muscles in on the investigation and soon finds links with three other cases, where the killing is too professional to be the result of a burglary gone wrong.
About the Author
Quintin Jardine is the author of the Bob Skinner Mysteries, the Oz Blackstone series, and the Primavera Blackstone series.