Cold Case Bob Skinner series, Book 3..., Quintin Jardine
Cold Case Bob Skinner series, Book 3..., Quintin Jardine
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Cold Case (Bob Skinner series, Book 30)
Scottish crime fiction at its very best

Author: Quintin Jardine

Narrator: James Bryce

Unabridged: 12 hr 9 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Headline

Published: 11/15/2018

Synopsis

Is a killer still on the loose?

The thirtieth gritty mystery in Quintin Jardine's bestselling Bob Skinner series, not to be missed by readers of Ian Rankin and Peter May. Praise for Jardine's gripping mysteries: 'Well constructed, fast-paced, Jardine's narrative has many an ingenious twist and turn' Observer

Former Chief Constable Bob Skinner may have left the police service, but he's never far from a case. When his old mentor on the force, Jimmy Proud, finds himself in a desperate situation, Skinner gets pulled into a murder investigation that's been closed for thirty years.

The Body in the Quarry case was well-known around Edinburgh at the time: a popular priest found dead in a frozen quarry; a suspect with a clear motive charged; a guilty verdict. But with a journalist uncovering new evidence, the cold case has come back to haunt Proud - and only Skinner can help him.

With the clock ticking and his friend's reputation at stake, Skinner must uncover the truth to find out if an innocent man was convicted for murder. And if a killer is still on the loose...

(P)2018 Headline Publishing Group Ltd

About 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

Reviews

Goodreads review by Kirsty ❤️ on June 15, 2019

This is quite an involved cold case story. Another author who is on my ever growing TBR list. I'm just sorry it's taken 30 books before I got around to trying one as I really enjoyed this. I'm not 100% how much I like Bob Skinner but he certainly gets the job done.  Skinners one time boos Sir James P......more

Goodreads review by E.M. on September 16, 2019

A Cold Case Turns Hot Ex-Chief Constable Bob Skinner has retired but still finds himself drawn back into the world of the police and investigation. An old friend asks him to dissuade a muck-raking blogger from pursuing a decades-old case of murder, but the more Bob looks into it the more it seems the......more

Goodreads review by Elaine on August 15, 2018

I would like to thank Netgalley and Headline for an advance copy of Cold Case, the thirtieth novel to feature former Chief Constable Bob Skinner. Sir Jimmy Proud, former Chief Constable of Lothian and Borders Police and Bob's boss for the latter part of his career with that force contacts him asking......more

Goodreads review by Jillian on June 19, 2020

I was cautious about this in the early chapters but warmed to it. What I most enjoyed was the mentor narrative - a very clever device for drawing out the ethical and procedural debates that are so essential to good police work. I really liked the technique, which makes the issues explicit. It is a u......more

Goodreads review by PagePilgrim on October 07, 2024

I won’t go into detail on what the book is about as everyone else has done that Quite a detailed story but the detail is what keeps you engaged. There’s a passionate, maybe over enthusiastic, blogger who seems to have something on James Proud who in turn asks his long time mentee Bob Skinner to inves......more

Quotes

Praise for Quintin Jardine's novels: 'Well constructed, fast-paced, Jardine's narrative has many an ingenious twist and turn' Observer

Another cracker from Jardine...There are plenty of twists and turns along the way to keep you engrossed Scots Magazine

Very engaging as well as ingenious, and the unraveling of the mystery is excellently done Scotsman

If Ian Rankin is the Robert Carlyle of Scottish crime writers, then Jardine is surely its Sean Connery Glasgow Herald

Deplorably readable Guardian

Remarkably assured, raw-boned, a tour de force New York Times

I love the Bob Skinner novels. Quintin Jardine's slick and suspenseful Edinburgh-set series has never failed to keep me riveted...starts with a bang and doesn't let up till the last sentence The Globe and Mail

Gritty cop drama that makes Taggart look tame Northern Echo

Another powerful tartan noir that packs a punch Peterborough Evening Telegraph

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