The latest Bob Skinner mystery from the legendary Quintin Jardine.
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'The legendary Quintin Jardine . . . such a fine writer' DENZIL MEYRICK
On a sunny seaside August morning, a woman on maternity leave spots a body wedged in rocks on a Scottish beach. Gavin Ayre's riding gear sparks the assumption that he had been thrown by a panicked horse . . . until an autopsy reveals this was no accident. Soon it becomes clear that Ayre's life was as big a mystery as his death. Detective Superintendent Harold 'Sauce' Haddock heads an investigation that is running into the sand,...
The latest Bob Skinner mystery from the legendary Quintin Jardine.
'The legendary Quintin Jardine . . . such a fine writer' DENZIL MEYRICK
On a sunny seaside August morning, a woman on maternity leave spots a body wedged in rocks on a Scottish beach. Gavin Ayre's riding gear sparks the assumption that he had been thrown by a panicked horse . . . until an autopsy reveals this was no accident. Soon it becomes clear that Ayre's life was as big a mystery as his death. Detective Superintendent Harold 'Sauce' Haddock heads an investigation that is running into the sand, until a link is revealed between the victim and another man in Spain, with a surprisingly similar name.
Faced with the twin puzzle Sauce turns to his mentor, Bob Skinner, moved on from the police service to head an international media group. Soon the two friends are at the heart of a multi-layered conspiracy, as they search for the answer to the prime question . . . who killed Gavin Ayre?
Praise for Quintin Jardine's Bob Skinner series:
'A highly charged, fast-moving crime thriller' HERALD
'Scottish crime-writing at its finest, with a healthy dose of plot twists and turns, bodies and plenty of brutality' THE SUN
'Well constructed, fast-paced, Jardine's narrative has many an ingenious twist and turn' OBSERVER
- ISBN10 1035402971
- ISBN13 9781035402977
- Publish Date 9 November 2023
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 27 August 2024
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Headline Publishing Group
- Imprint Headline Book Publishing
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 416
- Language English