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The book that launched a legend: the first novel in the acclaimed Bob Skinner series.
As head of Edinburgh's CID, Detective Chief Superintendent Bob Skinner has seen it all... but even he is shocked by the savagely mutilated corpse discovered in a dark alleyway. The victim is identified as a successful young lawyer, and the motive for the brutal death remains a mystery. Then further seemingly random killings in the city begin to suggest a vicious serial killer is on the rampage. But when the lawyer's fiancee is also murdered, Skinner realises that someone is in deadly earnest...
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The first novel in Quintin Jardine's bestselling Bob Skinner crime series
About the Author:
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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- PublisherHeadline Book Publishing
- Publication date1993
- ISBN 10 0747207801
- ISBN 13 9780747207801
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages320
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Signed by Quentin Jardine to the title page. The first novel in the acclaimed Bob Skinner series. A near fine copy of a first edition, first impression hardback in a very good+ unclipped dustjacket which has been enclosed in a removable protective cover.(usual page tanning due to poor quality paper stock; rubbing to edges & corners of dustjacket) All books are swathed in biodegradable bubble wrap and posted in strong, custom made book boxes to ensure undamaged delivery. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 009838
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Skinner's Rules
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(1993)
ISBN 10: 0747207801
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. CD3 - A first edition (complete numberline) hardcover book in very good condition in very good dust jacket that is mylar protected. Dust jacket has some wrinkling, chipping, crease and few tiny tears on the edges and corners, scattered light scratches, rubbing and scuffing, light discoloration and shelf wear. Book has some bumped corners, some wrinkling on the spine edges, light tanning and shelf wear. EDINBURGH'S TOUGHEST COP HUNTS A MULTIPLE KILLER. Although not marked in any way, this copy comes from the personal collection of Otto Penzler, legendary editor and founder of the Mysterious Press, an award-winning icon in the genre. 9.5"x6.5", 312 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Detective Chief superintendent Bob Skinner is a hard man. As head of Edinburgh's CID he has seen it all, but the discovery of a savaged corpse in a dark alleyway just off the famous Royal Mile comes as a shock even to him. The victim is soon identified as a successful young lawyer, and the motive for his brutal death is an utter mystery. As further seemingly random killings scandalize the city, a disturbing pattern seems to emerge which points to a viscous serial killer. But then the murdered lawyer's fiancée dies in ambiguous circumstances which seem beyond the bounds of mere coincidence. His suspicions aroused, Skinner and his team begin to probe both the present and the past. What he eventually uncovers is an elaborate smokescreen shrouding a deep-rooted and very intricate conspiracy. But whatever the danger to himself, and whatever political expediencies surround this bizarre sequence of violent killings, he becomes ever more determined that in Edinburgh, at least, folk will abide by Skinner's rules. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Seller Inventory # 2304ec279
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