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"longtime fans will relish the revelations about [Skinner's] childhood."--Publishers Weekly
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Edinburgh's toughest cop, Bob Skinner, looks into his past to assuage his demons in Quintin Jardine's thrilling new mystery.
Skinner revisits his nightmares: old but not forgotten. Fifteen years in the past, newly promoted Detective Superintendent Bob Skinner is called to investigate a most brutal death. A man lies at the deep end of an empty swimming pool, his neck broken and almost every other bone in his body shattered. Soon, an organised crime connection looms, and bloody retribution spreads to a second city. Then violence erupts on a new front, as a vicious knifeman seems to be targeting Edinburgh's gay population. As if this double dose of homicide isn't enough for a single man with a teenage daughter to raise and protect, Skinner's personal life takes a similar, perilous twist. Can he stay on the side of the angels, or will he fall . . .?
Skinner revisits his nightmares: old but not forgotten. Fifteen years in the past, newly promoted Detective Superintendent Bob Skinner is called to investigate a most brutal death. A man lies at the deep end of an empty swimming pool, his neck broken and almost every other bone in his body shattered. Soon, an organised crime connection looms, and bloody retribution spreads to a second city. Then violence erupts on a new front, as a vicious knifeman seems to be targeting Edinburgh's gay population. As if this double dose of homicide isn't enough for a single man with a teenage daughter to raise and protect, Skinner's personal life takes a similar, perilous twist. Can he stay on the side of the angels, or will he fall . . .?
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
My first thought on reading the bit on the back cover was that Mr Jardine had run out of ideas and was revamping old storylines. I was right. No Jardine Skinner novel is going to be bad as such but this just didn't flow and the re-introduction of characters that we know have died or moved away just didn't seem comfortable.
Hopefully Chief Constable Bob Skinner will be moving forward from now on.
Hopefully Chief Constable Bob Skinner will be moving forward from now on.
10 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Like the previous reviewer I too have read all of the Skinner books but I loved this one. Like any Quintin Jardine book I cannot help but complete it within a few days. If you've read any Skinner book you'll identify immediately with this especially if you, like me, are from Edinburgh. I certainly wasn't confused by the flashback but instead found it refreshing. Don't take my word for it, try it for yourself
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is the latest in the Skinner series and yet it is the first. It is written as Skinner relating his memoirs of a time when he had just been promoted to Detective Superintendent, is still coming to terms with his wife's death and juggling fatherhood with his career and his love life.
Skinner is called in to investigate a horrific death which soon becomes linked to gang crime and sparks retribution within the criminal underworld which the police always seem to be one step behind.
I enjoyed this book more than some of the more recent Skinner books and liked the fact we see how Skinner first meets some of the people who become his closest colleagues and allies later in the series.
Skinner is called in to investigate a horrific death which soon becomes linked to gang crime and sparks retribution within the criminal underworld which the police always seem to be one step behind.
I enjoyed this book more than some of the more recent Skinner books and liked the fact we see how Skinner first meets some of the people who become his closest colleagues and allies later in the series.
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Another good read from Jardine
Despite reading some negative reviews about Jardine's latest Skinner book I thoroughly enjoyed it and wasn't at all confused by the fact that it is written as a flashback.
Published 1 month ago by Jardine fan
Jardine Goes Backward
I found this a puzzling concept,going back to when Skinner had his first senior promotion. We then encountered well known characters in their early years but all the time we... Read more
Published 1 month ago by DuncanG
Best Jardine so far
best jardine so far, delivered on request, would recommend to all who like a good thrill read, with twist and turns all the way from page 1
Published 2 months ago by BigG
Grievous Angel
Wasn't sure about the "prequel" idea but it was FANTASTIC!! This is one of the best Skinner's yet & I'm dedicated fan. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Elaine M Horner
grievous angel
Take this book as a stand alone and it's okay. Nothing special by any means but it's not quite a complete waste of time. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Ali
Disappointing
Very disappointed that this book had nothing new in it. The characters are not developed further and the story Is not new or interesting. Didn't enjoy it all.
Published 8 months ago by Lorraine
Loved it, loved it, loved it!!!!
My wifes review:
This is the first Quintin Jardine book I have read and it definitely won't be the last. Read more
This is the first Quintin Jardine book I have read and it definitely won't be the last. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Mr. S. N. Pattison
Nice idea -- hope QJ does it again
The Skinner books have thrown up a wealth of characters over the years, both good and bad, and now that Bob Skinner has made it to the top of the policing tree he can't really go... Read more
Published 9 months ago by M. Seymour
Grievous Angel/Quentin Jardine
I was very dissapointed by this latest in the Bob Skinner novels, perhaps because I had just read Jardines stand alone book "The Loner". Read more
Published 10 months ago by KHANIVORE
Grievous Angel
What a disappointment after having read all the previous Skinner's which have developed in sequence with all his main characters over the novels. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Robert Johns
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