Game Over Bob Skinner series, Book 2..., Quintin Jardine
Game Over Bob Skinner series, Book 2..., Quintin Jardine
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Game Over (Bob Skinner series, Book 27)
A gritty Edinburgh mystery full of murder and intrigue

Author: Quintin Jardine

Narrator: James Bryce

Unabridged: 13 hr 22 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Headline

Published: 04/20/2017

Synopsis

GAME OVER is the twenty-seventh gripping Bob Skinner mystery from crime master Quintin Jardine, author of HOUR OF DARKNESS, LAST RESORT, PRIVATE INVESTIGATIONS and many more.

When supermodel Annette Bordeaux is found battered and strangled in her Edinburgh flat, former Chief Constable Bob Skinner's old team instantly have a global case on their hands.

The victim's husband, world-renowned footballer and recent Merrytown FC signing, is quickly discounted as a suspect. But there are others in the club with less watertight alibis...

Two years out of the game, Skinner can't help getting his hands dirty. And as his old team work to convict the prime suspect, his own daughter, Alex, is the lawyer tasked with leading the defence.

The opposing sides must work to find the culprit while the press watch on. But in this game, no one can be trusted, and there are murkier deeds still to uncover before the final whistle blows...

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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 Lakshit

Woooaaah it just blew my expectations. The way story progressed it never lost the track though few details were quite exaggerated but still one of the best crime thriller to read.......more

Goodreads review by Richard

This is the first novel I've read by this author, so I don't know if his previous books featuring Bob Skinner cover crimes where he was still a serving detective. So I started off from a view that this was a book with a meddling retired police officer running rings around his former colleagues. But......more

Goodreads review by Nina

This is alright. Not too suspense enough for me. My first time reading court proceedings in UK so that's cool. The investigation is not slow which is good, but it's a back and forth meeting and interviewing everyone, and the discoveries are not too surprising. A few jaw dropping moments but not memo......more

Goodreads review by louise page-bulloch

A detective without a warrant card What life is there for Skinner post police, working on behalf of his daughter as an investigator he is pulled to the outer fringes of his old force, and while it may have been a recipe for ego bouncing disaster to begin with and even some of his legendary powers of......more

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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 Globe and Mail

A Scottish Alex Cross .... Brilliantly written to leave you guessing right up to the end @Ilovereadinguk

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

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

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

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

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

A complex and suspenseful saga that never flags from start to finish Bolton Evening News

Gritty cop drama that makes Taggart look tame Northern Echo

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