Death's Door (Bob Skinner series, Book 17): A serial killer stalks the pages of this gripping crime novel
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Death's Door (Bob Skinner series, Book 17): A serial killer stalks the pages of this gripping crime novel
By (Author) Quintin Jardine
Headline Publishing Group
Headline Book Publishing
1st March 2008
7th February 2008
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Fiction
823.914
Physical Properties
Paperback
512
Width 110mm, Height 178mm, Spine 34mm
311g
Description
The nation's sharpest cop, DCC Bob Skinner, desperately wants to stop a serial killer...
When two young female artists are murdered in what looks like ritualistic killings, the pressure is on to find a highly professional murderer. What is the link with the art world Is the killer a disgruntled art critic A twice-jilted lover The arrival of the father of one of the victims, millionaire businessman Davor Boras, brings in the big guns of the Home Office, MI5 and the CIA. It's not long before Deputy Chief Constable Bob Skinner gets called back to the frontline. With an estranged son, a dubious assistant and connections in very high places, what is more important to Boras: business or family There s too much at stake - there s going to be bloodshed - and Skinner's men are at risk of getting caught in the crossfire...Reviews
"[A] durable, highly readable series. . . . Jardine excels at coordinating the multiple crimes crucial to a police procedural and setting his coppers against the clock." "Kirkus Reviews""
"Deplorably readable." "Guardian""
"Deplorably readable." --"Guardian"
Author Bio
Quintin Jardine took to crime writing both naturally and with relief. Both series of books by Quintin Jardine are available from Headline, the Bob Skinner novels, and the equally praised but very different, Oz Blackstone series. Quintin Jardine is married with an extended family of four adult kids, and two Tonkinese cats.
