- Hardcover: 304 pages
- Publisher: St. Martin's Minotaur (Dec 1996)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0312147376
- ISBN-13: 978-0312147372
- Product Dimensions: 21.1 x 14.7 x 3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,192,109 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"An intriguing look at golf as big business, combined with Jardine's deft plotting and skillful writing, makes this another winning entry in an outstanding police procedural series." --"Booklist"
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Bob Skinner must challenge local beliefs and legends to solve a gruesome murder in this fourth installment in the fantastic Scottish crime series.
A four-day tournament involving the world's leading golfers is being staged to mark the opening of a new country club created on the Marquis of Kinture's East Lothian estate. But on the previous Sunday afternoon, one of Kinture's business partners is found dead in his private jacuzzi in the clubhouse - with his throat cut. The next day an anonymous letter is received by the local newspaper, containing a fragment of a legendary witches' curse upon anyone who desecrates their place of worship. When a second murder occurs, this time by water, ACC Bob Skinner finds himself facing the most challenging case of his career... --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
A four-day tournament involving the world's leading golfers is being staged to mark the opening of a new country club created on the Marquis of Kinture's East Lothian estate. But on the previous Sunday afternoon, one of Kinture's business partners is found dead in his private jacuzzi in the clubhouse - with his throat cut. The next day an anonymous letter is received by the local newspaper, containing a fragment of a legendary witches' curse upon anyone who desecrates their place of worship. When a second murder occurs, this time by water, ACC Bob Skinner finds himself facing the most challenging case of his career... --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
...the ending! Unfair to give it away but a bit of a let down on the final few pages only. The rest of the story is an excellent crime story. Great characters and, for a Scottish exile, it's great to see all the 'old places' get a mention. Make sure you read the Skinner books in sequence.
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I enjoyed this book, as I do with all of Quintin Jardine's books featuring Bob Skinner. However, I have no knowledge of Golf at all and so the parts referring to that were a complete mystery to me and I therefore skimmed all the paragraphs which had golf allusions in them. Perhaps it would be better if authors realised that their readers have not always got the same interests or knowledge that they have and so do not build a story around something which completely confuses the reader. I still have no knowledge of what a birdie is - and I really don't wish to know.
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3.5 starts - Excellent procedural, annoyingly perfect protagonist
15 Jan 2006
Format:Paperback
The supporting characters are interesting and well developed. Sense of place is well done and I even found the golf interesting. The side story was particularly effective. What put me off to the point of almost not finishing the book is the character is Skinner-he is just too perfect. He is the perfect husband, lover, marksman; he's an excellent golfer, physically strong, capable, and well respected by both his reports and his bosses. He only showed a slight in which relationship with his daughter and her boyfriend, but even that works out as you know it will. I don't necessarily need the angst of Rebus, but a character a little more human would be easier to take. And it's a same, but underneath it all is a very good police procedural. Get past Skinner and read this book, and the series, for the story.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
An Undiscovered Diamond
22 April 1999
Format:Hardcover
I was shocked to find that not a single word of praise has been written, not just for this wonderful book, but for the whole series! Worse, most of the rest of the series are already out of print! And if you have not read these books I do highly recommend that you start with "Skinner's Rules" and work your way through them. While good, this book is not the best in the Bob Skinner series. In this book we find Skinner almost complacent in his successful career and family life. Only near the end does the tough-as-nails street cop flash out from behind the civility. As a style these "police procedurals" are first rate mysteries, the "Skinner" series among the best of the lot. I highly recommend them as being as good as Robert B. Parker's "Spenser" novels.
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