Last Resort Bob Skinner series, Book..., Quintin Jardine
Last Resort Bob Skinner series, Book..., Quintin Jardine
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Last Resort (Bob Skinner series, Book 25)
A thrilling crime novel of mystery and intrigue

Author: Quintin Jardine

Narrator: James Bryce

Unabridged: 13 hr 11 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Headline

Published: 07/13/2015

Synopsis

LAST RESORT is the twenty-fifth novel in the Bob Skinner series by Quintin Jardine, Scotland's master of crime, and sees the Edinburgh cop back as never before.

After thirty years of service, former Chief Constable Bob Skinner faces the possible end of his police career, at its pinnacle.

A trip to Catalunya to contemplate his future soon takes on a different flavour when Skinner is asked by an friend, Xavier Aislado, to track down one of his business's brightest talents, vanished without a trace.

But it soon becomes clear that another manhunt is in progress, and that Skinner himself is the target. While his daughter Alex fights that battle at home, Skinner's own search takes one sinister turn after another, until he is faced with the toughest question of all:

Is natural justice sometimes the only answer?

(P)2015 Headline Digital

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 Sharon

In Scotland the decision was made to bring all police forces together under the umbrella of Police Scotland - an act that Chief Constable Robert Skinner, of first Lothian and Borders and then Strathclyde Police, was vehemently against from its conception until its fruition but who would have possibl......more

Goodreads review by Sheila

3 and a half stars. Reading the Bob Skinner series in whatever order I find them at the library! A good read. Bob Skinner is retiring from the police force and goes off to his Spanish home to think about his life from here on in. He meets with an old friend Xavi and is drawn into the case of Xavi’s d......more

Goodreads review by Christopher

This was a good book and a bit of a page turner - the mysteries that Bob and Alex investigate were interesting and well written. However, I'm still not a fan of the first person writing, especially when there are two people speaking! The change of fonts was useful but it still jarred slightly when m......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

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

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

Deplorably readable Guardian

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

Compelling stuff Oxford Times

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

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