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As ever, the sense of location and characterisation are excellent. We're now at the ninth book in the series and they're still remarkably fresh. I'm currently binge-reading the earlier books (having read the later ones first) and they can all be read as stand alones. They're remarkably free of spoilers and it's perfectly possible to read the books in any order you like (much as you can [[:Category:Ruth Rendell|Ruth Rendell's]][[Ruth Rendell's Inspector Wexford Novels in Chronological Order |Wexford novels]], but you'll get more out of the personal stories if you read the books in order. Bob Skinner's private life can be just too confusing otherwise!
I've been having problems with my vision, so rather than read the series I've been listening to audio downloads (which I've bought myself) narrated by James Bryce, who seems to have taken on the mammoth task of narrating all the Skinner books (that's twenty -six as at July 2016) and turning a cast consisting mainly of middle-aged male Scots who would probably all sound pretty much the same in real life into individual personalities. The voices are consistent from one book to another too. This is proving to be a great, indulgent read.
[[Quintin Jardine's Bob Skinner Novels in Chronological Order]]
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