Open Season (Bob Skinner Book 34)

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Whatever happens next one lives in hope that some almighty secret from Skinner’s past comes out and blows the ego out of the water.

Aside from all that, we have all the necessary to make this a very decent read. Plot twists and turns, about faces and more than its fair share of secrets, lies and duplicitous behaviour. Pacing is good throughout and there is little padding to distract. OK so it's a wee bit OTT and maybe a fraction far fetched but I do love this series, I have invested a lot of time in the characters and have enjoyed every second of my time with them so I am well placed for forgive a little.With evil on one hand and intrigue on the other, will Skinner escape with either his integrity or career intact . . . or is it open season on him? Incredibly difficult to put the book down . . . a guide through a world of tangled family politics, hostile takeovers, government-sanctioned killing , extortion and the seedier side of publishing . . . Quintin Jardine should be . . . your first choice!' Scots magazine So... part of the fallout from Covid means that Bob is called upon to head the board of the media company he works at. This means travelling to head office more - something not that easy these days. Meanwhile there are a few fatal accidents happening at the homes of the same vulnerable he has been visiting - putting him on the radar of the Police as a suspect no less!

Scottish crime-writing at its finest, with a healthy dose of plot twists and turns, bodies and plenty of brutality' SUN Amidst a family celebration, a cataclysmic storm uncovers long-buried horrors - and a team of detectives struggle to solve a thirty-year-old double murder. I thoroughly enjoyed The Roots of Evil, which is an absorbing tale of greed and violence with its roots deep in the past. I was utterly gripped and ignored everything to read it in one sitting. In the cold, hard light of post read analysis it probably doesn’t fare too well in the realistic stakes but it was so compelling at the time I didn’t notice or question it. Anyway, who cares when it’s entertaining? In the early hours of New Year’s Day Bob is asked to consult on a difficult case. Two bodies have been found in a car outside Torpichen Police Station and both have been shot. One is Terry Coates, a former detective with Strathclyde Police and the other is Inspector Griff Montell, former lover of Bob’s daughter, Alexis. The dialogue continues to be be stilted as the author tries to use conversations to provide context from previous novels, or to convey the genius of Skinner and his considerable number of talented offspring who will never grow up to be anything other than lives in the shadow of the “great” man.The gripping new mystery in Quintin Jardine's bestselling Bob Skinner series, not to be missed by readers of Ian Rankin and Peter May. The police are also searching two countries for traces of a mysterious crime novelist who appears to have vanished. Has the faking of his own death been his masterpiece? As ever I awaited the return of the most egotistical policeman, now media mogul, in fictional history and was I disappointed ? As Skinner helps the elderly in his local community, several residents seem to die of natural causes. But when a gruesome discovery is made in a Glasgow flat and one of Skinner's long-time friends - an aspiring politician - emerges as the prime suspect, things become very murky indeed.

Scottish crime-writing at its finest , with a healthy dose of plot twists and turns, bodies and plenty of brutality' Sun So why do I keep reading. Well it’s like an old cardigan that is comfortable and easy to wear but alas this latest outing seems a bit tired. Characters that we have met before go bad but it is all tied up in the complex web of family relationships that have developed over all the years and are becoming a bit tiresome.Early hours of New Years Day and Bob Skinner gets a call to arms. He is summoned to Torpichen Police Station where two people have been found shot dead in car abandoned outside. But if that wasn't bad enough, the two bodies are very familiar... former Detective Terry Coates and Inspector Griff Montell who used to date Bob's daughter Alexis.