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Dead and Buried (Bob Skinner Mysteries) (Hardcover)

by Quintin Jardine (Author)
4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)

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Product details

  • Hardcover: 384 pages
  • Publisher: Headline Book Publishing (3 July 2006)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0755304098
  • ISBN-13: 978-0755304097
  • Product Dimensions: 23.1 x 15.7 x 3.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,095,749 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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DCC Bob Skinner has a failed marriage on his hands, and a death on his conscience, but little time to deal with either as he faces the biggest challenge of his career within the secret corridors where dark power is wielded. As his hunt develops, he goes to the very top - the Prime Minister - lest he himself becomes collateral damage. Meanwhile, back in Edinburgh, Skinner's daughter is being harassed by a stalker. Can he protect her? A bookmaker has taken one gamble too many and paid his debt in a gruesome fashion. Is it an underworld vendetta, or something more sinister? Alongside it all, a casual call to the Chief Constable sets him on a personal crusade which quickly points to a bigamist at work. Or is it worse? Four crimes, four crises: can Skinner and his people solve them? Indeed, can they survive them?

About the Author

Quintin Jardine took to crime writing both naturally and with relief. Both series of books by Quintin Jardine are available from Headline, the Bob Skinner novels, and the equally praised but very different, Oz Blackstone series. Quintin Jardine is married with an extended family of four adult kids, and two Tonkinese cats.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Best Skinner book for a long time!, 4 Aug 2006
By jockblue (Cheshire, UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Dead and Buried (Paperback)
After some fairly meandering and unbelievable episodes in the Skinner series, and the easily accepted breakup of his marriage, this is more of a return to form for Quintin Jardine's Edinburgh Supercop. Following on from the climax of Lethal Intent, Dead and Buried contains four interlinked stories , with a few twists and turns along the way. Only the bigamy story mentioned in the publisher's review is of lesser interest.

As always, it helps if you are familiar with the series and if you are familiar with Edinburgh, but these are still hugely enjoyable easy reads.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars very good, 26 Jun 2007
By sachi (London, UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Dead and Buried (Bob Skinner Mystery) (Paperback)
Classic Jardine. Not the best in the Skinner series, IMO, but really good anyway.

Jardine is underrated. He is often compared to Ian Rankin and I think it should be the other way around,ie, Rankin is nearly as good as Jardine!!
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Not bad dut ending far too contrived, 21 Aug 2008
This review is from: Dead and Buried (Bob Skinner Mystery) (Paperback)
For most of the book I thought that Jardine was back to his best. Alas his tendancy to solve crimes by such contrived means kicked in and spoilt the ending. Regretably also in evidence was the usual Skinner invulnerability and somewhat unbelievable relationship with the First Minister in-waiting (why does Jardine make his characters like this?)
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5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic
I was stuck at a train station with nothing to read, made this purchase and was glad I did. This was my first Bob Skinner mystery and it will not be my last.
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