**A pulse-pounding thriller about a small town, a dead girl, and an investigator with nothing to lose.** Mark Novak just wants to come home. Still mourning the death of his wife, private investigator Mark Novak accepts a case that may be his undoing. On the same day his wife died, the body of a teen
Fatal Last Words
β Scribed by Quintin Jardine
- Publisher
- Headline Publishing Group Ltd
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 231 KB
- Category
- Fiction
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
August in Edinburgh: As Skinner stands on the edge of a career-defining momentΒ and his fiancΓ©e, Scotland's First Minister Aileen de Marco faces a political crisis, a famous figure from another field is found dead. As the mystery deepens, Skinner finds himself crossing swords with an old enemy from the past, while his investigating detectives are faced with the unwelcome complication of a duke's junkie daughter. Meanwhile a second Scottish celebrity dies violently in Australia. It seems impossible, but could the two be connected? As DCS Mario McGuire headsΒ to Melbourne to investigate, back in Scotland his boss's big moment is compromised in the most dramatic and unexpected manner, as a famous friendship is shattered for ever.
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