β Scribed by Quintin Jardine
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
Quintin Jardine's new Bob Skinner novel sees the Edinburgh cop faced with a case that calls every part of his life into question.
****The body of a murdered woman is found washed up on Cramond Island near the mouth of the River Forth. Days later detectives are called to a flat in Edinburgh; the kitchen is covered in blood, and the occupier is missing.
When the name of the woman from Cramond Island is revealed, it stirs unwelcome memories for those who knew her, Chief Constable Bob Skinner most of all. Now based in Glasgow, he has no reason to become involved in the case. Yet he does, unwittingly setting in motion a course that leads him to the toughest choice of his life, putting him in the midst of a personal nightmare, both life-threatening and career changing.
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Very engaging as well as ingenious, and the unraveling of the mystery is excellently done -- Scotsman Allan Massie Well constructed, fast-paced, Jardine's narrative has many an ingenious twist and turn Observer Remarkably assured, raw-boned, a tour de force New York Times
Quintin Jardine is the author of the Bob Skinner Mysteries and the Oz Blackstone series.
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