State Secrets Bob Skinner series, Bo..., Quintin Jardine
State Secrets Bob Skinner series, Bo..., Quintin Jardine
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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...

Author: Quintin Jardine

Narrator: James Bryce

Unabridged: 12 hr 35 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Headline

Published: 10/19/2017

Synopsis

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...

(P)2017 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 Elaine on August 26, 2017

I would like to thank Netgalley and Headline for an advance copy of State Secrets, the 28th novel to feature ex Chief Constable Bob Skinner. Bob is in London being sounded out for a peerage when Amanda Dennis, his old friend and now head of MI5, asks him to drop his meeting and help her with a very s......more

Goodreads review by Paul on October 30, 2024

I got this book out of the library a bit at random as I wanted to try a new author. It turns out that I stumbled upon a gem. The main characters were developed well, the political intrigue really spiced up the murder story and it was really easy to read. As a result I am going back to the first book......more

Goodreads review by A Reader's Heaven on February 24, 2018

(I received a free copy of this book from Net Galley in exchange for an honest review.) 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.......more

Goodreads review by Christopher on January 09, 2021

I have to say that I wasn't convinced at the start - I thought that Jardine was going down the slightly fancilful MI5 rabbit hole again, and away from good old fashioned investigation. However, I was pleasantly surprised by how this book turned out. It was good to see McIlhenney making a return and......more

Goodreads review by Nancy on October 28, 2017

Bob Skinner has come to see if the offer to be a part of the present government is something he is interested in doing. His timing seems to be just right to help with seeing who stabbed the Prime Minister just before she is to announce a new secret warfare concept that will put Britain a head of the......more

Quotes

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

Well constructed, fast-paced, Jardine's narrative has many an ingenious twist and turn Observer

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

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

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

If you're looking for a detective whose personal life is as active, contradictory and complicated as his job then follow the Edinburgh exploits of Deputy Chief Constable Bob Skinner in Quintin Jardine's Skinner series Radio Times

Deplorably readable Guardian

Compelling stuff Oxford Times

Gritty cop drama that makes Taggart look tame Northern Echo

More twists and turns than TV's Taggart at its best Stirling Observer

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