A Brush with Death Bob Skinner serie..., Quintin Jardine
A Brush with Death Bob Skinner serie..., Quintin Jardine
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A Brush with Death (Bob Skinner series, Book 29)
A high profile murder. A long list of suspects. Police Scotland know just the man to send in . . .

Author: Quintin Jardine

Narrator: James Bryce

Unabridged: 12 hr 48 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Headline

Published: 04/19/2018

Synopsis

When millionaire Leo Speight is found poisoned, Scotland's toughest cop is called in to solve the high-profile case...

Skinner joins his old team in a complex murder investigation in the twenty-ninth gripping mystery in Quintin Jardine's bestselling crime series. Praise for Jardine's compelling novels: 'A masterclass in how murder-mysteries ought to be written' Scots Magazine

When millionaire Leo Speight is found poisoned at his Ayrshire mansion, Police Scotland has a tough case on its hands. Speight was a champion boxer with national hero status, and a long list of lovers and friends stand to benefit from his estate. Did one of them decide to speed things up? Or was jealousy or rivalry the motive?

The Security Service wants to stay close to the investigation and they have just the man to send in: ex-Chief Constable Bob Skinner. Skinner might have retired from the police, but solving crimes is in his blood. Combining forces with DI Lottie Mann and DS Dan Provan of Serious Crimes, he's determined to see Speight's murderer put away for a long time. But there's a twist even Bob Skinner couldn't see coming...

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

(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 Sid on August 08, 2020

This is the first Quintin Jardine I have read. I can see that many people love this series and A Brush With Death was recommended by a friend whose judgement I trust, but I thought it was a bit plodding and not very involving. Here, DI Lottie Mann and DS Dan Provan are called to the death of a very h......more

Goodreads review by Stargazer on August 07, 2018

really struggled to care, attention wandered everywhere......more

Goodreads review by Jennifer on April 29, 2020

A mostly enjoyable read featuring characters you'll love and characters you'll love to hate. 'A Brush with Death' works well as a stand-alone novel but fans of the Bob Skinner series will be rewarded. Whilst the novel is set in Scotland, Jardine has managed to avoid the dreariness so often associated......more

Goodreads review by Fiona on July 05, 2018

I am a sucker for Quentin Jardine’s books. Yes I know they are formulaic and they are now so many of them. But I’ve read them all. I can’t help myself. I think partly as they are set in Edinburgh, East Lothian and in this case Glasgow. But actually as they are always a really good read and although......more

Goodreads review by Sheila on August 07, 2019

Enjoyed this Bob Skinner Mystery. A world champion boxer is found dead from poisoning. An Italian movie director dies in his hotel room. Are the two connected? His elaborate life outside the ring and many children from 3 women are examined by DI Lottie Mann, DS Dan Provan and Bob Skinner, no longer......more

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A plot with as many twists and turns as a highland road...an excellent addition to the series

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

A masterclass in how murder-mysteries ought to be written Scots Magazine

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

Deplorably readable Guardian

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

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

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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