Deadlock

The gripping new mystery in Quintin Jardines bestselling Bob Skinner series, not to be missed by readers of Ian Rankin and Peter May.

Sir Robert Skinners stock is rising - after retiring from the police service hes been promoted to head an international media organisation. Yet a series of unexplained deaths on his home turf in Scotland threaten to bring him crashing back down to earth.

As Skinner helps the elderly in his local community, several residents seem to die of natural causes. But when a gruesome discovery is made in a Glasgow flat and one of Skinners long-time friends - an aspiring politician - emerges as the prime suspect, things become very murky indeed.

After unpicking clues that go nowhere, Skinner and his team are left grappling the most baffling conundrum they have ever encountered - is there a mystery at all?

Praise for Quintin Jardines Bob Skinner series:

The legendary Quintin Jardine . . . such a fine writerDENZIL MEYRICK
Scottish crime-writing at its finest, with a healthy dose of plot twists and turns, bodies and plenty of brutalitySUN
Another powerful tartan noir that packs a punchPETERBOROUGH EVENING TELEGRAPH
Incredibly difficult to put the book down . . . a guide through a world of tangled family politics, hostile takeovers, government-sanctioned killing, extortion and the seedier side of publishing . . . Quintin Jardine should be . . . your first choice!SCOTS MAGAZINE
Well constructed, fast-paced, Jardines narrative has many an ingenious twist and turnOBSERVER