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SKINNER'S GHOSTS by Quintin Jardine.
Book Jacket.

Chief Constable Bob Skinner could be forgiven for thinking not only that someone up there doesn't like him, but that someone down here is out to get him.

Suffering the strain of a marriage on the rocks, the last thing he needs is for his private life to be plastered across the front pages of a sleazy tabloid. To make matters worse, when a woman, already linked to Skinner by tragedy, is found battered, raped and strangled, with her young son a kidnap victim, his search for the killer becomes a personal quest, Finally, as a second brutal crime, and new allegations about the detective himself, make simultaneous headlines, he finds himself at the centre of a deadly maze of conspiracy.

As time ticks away, Skinner faces the greatest, and most personal, tests of his career. Unless he can clear his name, and uncover the secret behind the series of brutal crimes, he stands to lose all: his family, his career, and even his life and liberty.


Quintin Jardine was a journalist before joining the Government Information Service where he spent nine years as an advisor to Ministers and Civil Servants. Later he moved into political PR, until in 1986 he 'privatized' himself, to become an independent public relations consultant and writer.

Praise for his previous novels, also published by Headline:

SKINNER'S RULES
Remarkably assured novel.......a tour de force - New York Times

Excellent thriller - Manchester Evening News

Deplorably readable - Guardian

A first-class read - Jefrey Archer


SKINNER'S FESTIVAL
Comes through strongly and believably.....has the right city atmosphere - Edinburgh Evening News

Robustly entertaining - Irish Times


SKINNER'S TRAIL
Skinner is a TV series waiting to happen - Peterborough Evening Telegraph

Engrossing, believable characters...captures Edinburgh beautifully.....It all adds up to a very good read - Edinburgh Evening News




SKINNER'S ROUND
The Skinner series grows in authority and should be a natural for television - Time Out

A complex and suspenseful saga that never flags from start to finish - Bolton Evening News


SKINNER'S ORDEAL
Fast-paced, fast-cut stuff....some sharply written dialogue - Worcester & Hereford Evening News

Quintin Jardine has created the toughest Scottish cop since Taggart - Peterborough Evening Telegraph