Funeral Note (Bob Skinner series, Book 22): Death, deception and corruption in a gritty crime thriller
By (Author) Quintin Jardine
Headline Publishing Group
Headline Book Publishing
12th March 2013
31st January 2013
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
823.92
Paperback
480
Width 131mm, Height 199mm, Spine 31mm
375g
After a tip-off, a man's body is exhumed from a shallow grave in Edinburgh. Murder surely, yet he died from natural causes, so, case closed Indeed was there ever a case But Chief Constable Skinner and his people keep on digging. Who was the man, why was he buried so reverentially, and by whom Meanwhile corruption is discovered within the force, and an investigation launched. Immersed in crises, his marriage heading for the rocks, Skinner finds his very career hanging in the balance, its fate beyond his control. In a tale seen through the eyes of each of its leading players,
Quintin Jardine, the Crimemaster, lays mystery upon mystery until the greatest threat of all those facing the Chief is revealed, and a deadly race begins. Can he win out, or will his life implode"Jardine excels at coordinating the multiple crimes crucial to a police procedural and setting his coppers against the clock." "Kirkus Reviews"on "Fallen Gods""
"Jo Bannister, Peter Turnbull, and Ian Rankin can be considered read-a-likes, but when it comes to the depiction of a multilevel police force in action, Jardine . . .stands alone." "Library Journal" on "Death's Door""
Quintin Jardine gave up the life of a political spin doctor for the more morally acceptable world of murder and mayhem. Happily married, he hides from critics and creditors in secret locations in Scotland and Spain.