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Quintin Jardine (born 1945) is a Scottish author of three series of crime novels, featuring the fictional characters Bob Skinner, Oz Blackstone, and Primavera Blackstone. Biography Jardine was born in Motherwell, Lanarkshire, and in Glasgow he studied law. He has worked as a journalist, government information officer, political spin-doctor and media relations consultant, over time he decided to be a writer. Books Bob Skinner series Jardine has written 35 novels featuring senior Edinburgh policeman Bob Skinner: Skinner's Rules (1993) Skinner's Festival (1994) Skinner's Trail (1994) ISBN 9780747241416 Skinner's Round (1995) Skinner's Ordeal (1996) Skinner's Mission (1997) Skinner's Ghosts (1998) Murmuring the Judges (1998) ISBN 0747259623 Gallery Whispers (1999) Thursday Legends (2000) ISBN 0747256683 Autographs in the Rain (2001) ISBN 0747273995 Head Shot (2002) Fallen Gods (2003) Stay of Execution (2004) Lethal Intent (2005) Dead and Buried (2006) Death's Door (2007) Aftershock (2008) Fatal Last Words (2009) A Rush of Blood (2010) Grievous Angel (2011) Funeral Note (2012) Pray for the Dying (2013) Hour of Darkness (2014) The Last Resort (2015) Private Investigations (2016) Game Over (2017) State Secrets (2017) A Brush With Death (2018) Cold Case (2018) The Bad Fire (2019) The Roots of Evil (2020) Deadlock (2021) Open Season (2022) The Cage (2023) Oz Blackstone series Novels featuring Oz Blackstone. Blackstone's Pursuits (1996) A Coffin for Two (1997) Wearing Purple (1999) Screen Savers (2000) On Honeymoon with Death (2001) Poisoned Cherries (2002) ISBN 0747271771 Unnatural Justice (2003) ISBN 0755309413 Alarm Call (2004) For the Death of Me (2005) Primavera Blackstone series Novels featuring Primavera Blackstone: Inhuman Remains (2009) Blood Red (2010) As Easy As Murder (2012) Deadly Business (2013) As Serious as Death (2013) Other projects The Loner (2011) A story about Xavi's early life Mathew's Tale (2014). A story about one of Skinner's ancestors. Skinner's Elves: A Bob Skinner Christmas Story. (2017). A short story set in 2041. Included in the Audiobook for 'The Cage' References External links Quintinjardine.com, Official site. Discover the Quintin Jardine popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Quintin Jardine books.

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  • Dangerous In Love synopsis, comments

    Dangerous In Love

    Leslie Thomas

    A walk through Kensal Green Cemetery, a meat pie in the greasy spoon, a weekend away complete with flannel pyjamas Dangerous Davies knows how to treat the woman he loves. Detectiv...

  • Absent Light synopsis, comments

    Absent Light

    Eve Isherwood

    Helen Powers was once a scene of crimes officer for the West Midlands Police. It's four years since the case, involving the death of a young teenage girl, shattered her career. In ...

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    Fallout

    GJ Moffat

    Logan Finch has made a new life for himself with his daughter Ellie. But a blossoming relationship with DC Rebecca Irvine is about to be put to the test when Irvine's old flame, dr...

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    Training of an English Gentleman

    Yolanda Celbridge

    Innocent Roger is embroiled in a world of lustful secrets. His voyeuristic host and his wife, their daughter and their maid all conspire to humiliate him by imposing severe corpora...

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    The Killing Connection

    T.F. Muir

    How well do you know the person you love? A woman's body is washed up on the rocks by the castle ruins in St Andrews with evidence of strangulation, and no ID. Two days into the ca...

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    The Sacred Scroll

    Anton Gill

    Constantinople 1204: the holy city is razed to the ground by Crusaders the streets awash with blood. Modern day Istanbul: an elite group of archaeologists uncover the grave of Enr...

  • Dombey and Son synopsis, comments

    Dombey and Son

    Charles Dickens

    'The earth was made for Dombey and Son to trade in, and the sun and moon were made to give them light'Dombey and Son is both a firm and a family and the ambiguous connection betwee...

  • The Forbidden Temple synopsis, comments

    The Forbidden Temple

    Patrick Woodhead

    To Luca Matthews the dangers of the high mountain peaks are the air upon which he thrives.In the ruthless pursuit of his goals he would sacrifice anything even another climber's l...

  • The Valley of Fear synopsis, comments

    The Valley of Fear

    Arthur Conan Doyle

    'There should be no combination of events for which the wit of man cannot conceive an explanation.'In this tale drawn from the note books of Dr Watson, the deadly hand of Professor...

  • Until the Darkness Comes synopsis, comments

    Until the Darkness Comes

    Kevin Brooks

    PI John Craine has come to Hale Island to get away from it all the memories and the guilt, and a past that just won't let go. But within hours he stumbles across the dead body of ...

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    A Study in Scarlet

    Arthur Conan Doyle

    When Dr John Watson takes rooms in Baker Street with amateur detective Sherlock Holmes, he has no idea that he is about to enter a shadowy world of criminality and violence. Accomp...

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    Pierre and Jean

    Guy de Maupassant

    The fraternal love that Pierre Roland feels for his younger brother Jean has always been tinged with jealousy. But when a lawyer arrives at the house of their parents, to declare t...

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    The Coopers Field Murder

    Wonny Lea

    A twisty and unputdownable detective crime novel perfect for fans of Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, Faith Martin, J.R. Ellis, LJ Ross, Miss Marple and Midsummer Murders!'The C...

  • Daisychain synopsis, comments

    Daisychain

    GJ Moffat

    Logan Finch has just about everything he ever wanted, including a penthouse apartment and a shot at making partner in one of Scotland's largest law firms. But there's something mis...

  • Protection synopsis, comments

    Protection

    GJ Moffat

    Could you spot a killer? Logan Finch's life depends on his ability to do just that. He's a bodyguard whose clients rely on his talent to head off trouble before it even starts. Now...

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    Losing It

    Roger Granelli

    Losing It is set in the world of Baldock, local drug dealer and hard man of the Welsh Valleys. When one of his drugrunners, TJ, starts taking his own cut, it proves to be a big mis...

  • The Mystery of Edwin Drood synopsis, comments

    The Mystery of Edwin Drood

    Charles Dickens & David Paroissien

    'Dickens's finest work in the genre of the detective story was his last' The TimesEdwin Drood is contracted to marry orphan Rosa when he comes of age, but when they find that duty ...

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    Meanwhile Street

    Miranda Glover

    It's early morning and Meanwhile Street thinks it's waking to a regular Wednesday in May. Soon a disconcerting sound alerts Maggie and Gordon that something's not right. Throughout...

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    The Damnation Fresco

    S. L. Stockford

    The startling conclusion of Fresco.A man will do anything if he is desperate enough.Returning from his gruesome quest around Europe, Matthew discovers his wife Victoria is missing....

  • A Secret Place synopsis, comments

    A Secret Place

    Patricia Rainsford

    Gina Brennan is on the run from a lot of things ... Especially prison. She and two cellmates have escaped and it looks like they're nearly home free. That's until wealthy solicitor...