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It's a good story, with the happenings at the Edinburgh end feeling rather more authentic than what happens in London, which stretches credulity just a little. Quintin Jardine's been very clever though carries all the plot threads most competently to unexpected but satisfying conclusions. If you enjoy a mix of police procedural and political thriller then you'll get a lot out of this book. Skinner normally has an ego and confidence as big as all outdoors and it's refreshing to see him being a little bit vulnerable for a change.
This is the sixteenth book in the Bob Skinner series and whilst there was a slight dip in quality in a couple of recent books. We , we now seem to be back on course, and this books's a good read - or, as I did, listen. Because of a vision problem I've been restricting the amount of reading that I do and I've listened to the Skinner books as audio downloads, all of which I've bought myself. They're narrated by James Bryce who's nobly taken on the task of telling a story which is heavily populated by middle-aged, middle class Scotsmen and somehow giving them all individual voices - and that is no mean feat. As soon as I finish one, I buy the next download!
[[Quintin Jardine's Bob Skinner Novels in Chronological Order]]
