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State Secrets (Bob Skinner series, Book 28): A terrible act in the heart of Westminster. A tough-talking cop faces his most challenging investigation...
Quintin Jardine
Bob Skinner, London, Greater London, Scotland, Fiction, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Crime & mystery, Thriller / suspense
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- Paperback Jun 12, 2018 | 9781472205766 | RRP $24.99 Buy Now
- Hardback Oct 31, 2017 | 9781472205742 | RRP $55.00 Buy Now
- e-Book Oct 19, 2017 | 9781472205773 | RRP $11.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook Oct 19, 2017 | 9781472216946 | RRP $35.99 Buy Now
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- Paperback Jun 12, 2018 | 9781472205766 | RRP $24.99 Buy Now
- Hardback Oct 31, 2017 | 9781472205742 | RRP $55.00 Buy Now
- e-Book Oct 19, 2017 | 9781472205773 | RRP $11.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook Oct 19, 2017 | 9781472216946 | RRP $35.99 Buy Now
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- Paperback Jun 12, 2018 | 9781472205766 | RRP $24.99 Buy Now
- Hardback Oct 31, 2017 | 9781472205742 | RRP $55.00 Buy Now
- e-Book Oct 19, 2017 | 9781472205773 | RRP $11.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook Oct 19, 2017 | 9781472216946 | RRP $35.99 Buy Now
Edinburgh's toughest cop is drawn into a gripping new case at the Palace of Westminster, a tangled web of state secrets and enemies. The twenty-eighth mystery in Quintin Jardine's ever-popular Bob Skinner series.
A shocking murder at the Palace of Westminster draws Edinburgh's toughest cop into a complex new case...
Skinner is plunged into a web of politics and enemies in STATE SECRETS, the twenty-eighth mystery in Quintin Jardine's bestselling crime series. Not to be missed by readers of Ian Rankin and Peter May. Praise for Quintin Jardine's gritty novels: 'Well constructed, fast-paced...many an ingenious twist and turn' Observer
Former Chief Constable Bob Skinner is long out of the police force but trouble has a habit of following him around. So it is that he finds himself in the Palace of Westminster as a shocking act befalls the nation.
Hours before the Prime Minister is due to make a controversial statement, she is discovered in her office with a letter opener driven through her skull.
Is the act political? Personal? Or even one of terror?
Skinner is swiftly enlisted by the Security Service to lead the investigation. Reunited with Met Police Commander Neil McIlhenney, he has forty-eight hours to crack the case - before the press unleash their wrath.
There are many in the tangled web of government with cause to act. But the outcome will be one that not even Skinner himself could predict...
Praise for State Secrets (Bob Skinner series, Book 28): A terrible act in the heart of Westminster. A tough-talking cop faces his most challenging investigation...
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Praise for Quintin Jardine: 'If Ian Rankin is the Robert Carlyle of Scottish crime writers, then Jardine is surely its Sean Connery' - Glasgow Herald
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Very engaging as well as ingenious, and the unraveling of the mystery is excellently done - Scotsman
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Well constructed, fast-paced, Jardine's narrative has many an ingenious twist and turn - Observer
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Remarkably assured, raw-boned, a tour de force - New York Times
Quintin Jardine
Quintin Jardine was born once upon a time in the West - of Scotland rather than America, but still he grew to manhood as a massive Sergio Leone fan. On the way there he was educated, against his will, in Glasgow, where he ditched a token attempt to study law for more interesting careers in journalism, government propaganda, and political spin-doctoring. After a close call with the Brighton Bomb in 1984, he moved into the even riskier world of media relations consultancy, before realising that all along he had been training to become a crime writer. Now, forty novels later, he never looks back.
Along the way he has created/acquired an extended family in Scotland and Spain. Everything he does is for them.
He can be tracked down through his blog: http://quintinjardine.me
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