Gallery Whispers is the eighth book in the mystery series about Edinburgh's Deputy Chief Constable, Robert Skinner. The book opens with an apparent suicide of a divorced woman living in a hamlet near Edinburgh. She was terminally ill and could not face a slow and painful death. However it becomes clear that the woman had help. Suspicion falls first on her lover then her ex-husband, to whom she is still close. But when an almost identical death occurs, Skinner's team realise that they have something else on their hands.

Murmuring the Judges Now in paperback 0747259623 £4.79 DCC Skinner is faced with a baffling case in which he finds that judges are mysteriously dying. In addition there are are a series of brutal robberies by three men armed with shotguns taking place in Edinburgh. One perplexing side of the robberies is that the method is the same but it appears the people are different. As always Skinner is dealing with personal issues along with the pressures of his job. An extremely entertaining book.

Available Books

Skinner's Ghosts pbk Headline Bk. Oct 98 £5.99 0747256659 A friend of Deputy Chief Constable Skinner is brutally raped and murdered while her son is kidnapped. This is the beginning of a series of destructive events put in place by someone to destroy Bob Skinner. DCC Skinner is vulnerable at this point separated from his wife. This leads him to make some gigantic personal mistakes. This book more than any of the others exhibits some flaws in the super hero DCC and for that it is worth reading.

Skinner's Mission pbk Headline Bk. Nov 97 £5.99 074725043X hdbk Headline Bk. May 97 £16.99 0747214662 29 height=200>

Skinner's Ordeal pbk Headline Bk. Feb 97 £4.79 0747250421 hdbk Headline Bk. Aug 96 £16.99 0708938264 If you fly in airplanes this book should not be your companion on your next trip. Skinner finds himself involved investigating a mid-air explosion and the emotional and physical devastation of what it left in the aftermath. Warning, Quintin has some graphic descriptions of the horrors when a plane plummets from the sky into a Scottish field. This is a strong point of this book but it is not for the weak hearted. Skinner becomes seriously injured following the crash and struggles for his very life while his team tries to unravel the mysteries of the red boxes on the plane.

Skinner's Round hardback Headline Feature Jun 96 $23.95 plus shipping and handling 0747250413 paperback Headline Feature Oct 95 £5.59 plus shipping and handling 0747214646 Assistant Chief Constable Robert Skinner gets involved in the world of professional golf by playing in a pro-am tournament as a replacement for a player murdered before the tournament begins. This books gives interesting insight into professional golf, a set of four murders, and even adds another interesting twist with a legend of witches and spells.

Skinner's Festival pbk Headline Bk. Aug 94 £4.79 plus shipping and handling 0747241406 The Edinburgh Festival is world renown and brings thousands of visitors and participants to the city. Terrorist are stalking the festival in this Jardine novel. It starts out with a bombing on Princess Street. Then an opera star is murdered. What will happen next? This books moves with great speed and excitement. It is one of my favorites in the series for the sheer terror that it creates because you know something horrible is going to happen next. And of course it does! The ending is a complete surprise but fits so easily into the narrative that I thought, "Why of course that makes sense." Great read.

Skinner's Trail pbk Headline Feature Jul 95 £5.99 0747241414 Assistant Chief Constable Bob Skinner becomes involved in trying to unravel drug distribution in Edinburgh. What seems like an unrelated crime of real estate fraud takes him to Northern Spain. The investigation of the property scam eventually leads him back to Edinburgh and drugs. Quintin slips in a great surprise ending on this one.

Skinner's Rules pbk Headline Bk. Feb 94 £5.99 0747241392 Complete review available here.