As head of Edinburgh's CID, Detective Chief Superintendent Bob
Skinner has seen it all...but even he is shocked by the savagely
mutilated corpse discovered in a dark alleyway. The victim is
identified as a successful young lawyer, and the motive for the
brutal death remains a mystery. Then further seemingly random
killings in the city begin to suggest a vicious serial killer is on
the rampage. But when the lawyer's fiancee is also murdered,
Skinner realises that someone is in deadly earnest. What eventually
emerges is an elaborate smokescreen shrouding a deep-rooted and
intricate conspiracy. Now, whatever the danger to himself, Skinner
is determined that in Edinburgh, at least, folk will abide by his
rules.
Quintin Jardine took to crime writing both naturally and with relief. Both series of books by Quintin Jardine are available from Headline: the Bob Skinner novels, and the equally praised but very different, Oz Blackstone series. He is also about to embark on a thrilling new series, starring Oz's tough-talking ex, Primavera Phillips. Quintin Jardine is married with four adult kids and divides his time between Scotland and Spain.
