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Last Resort (Bob Skinner series, Book 25)
- Author
- Quintin Jardine
- Narrator
- James Bryce
- Publisher
- Headline
- Publish Date
- 13 July 2015
- Run Time
- 13 hours 10 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
After thirty years of service, former Chief Constable Bob Skinner faces the possible end of his police career, at its pinnacle.
A trip to Catalunya to contemplate his future soon takes on a different flavour when Skinner is asked by an friend, Xavier Aislado, to track down one of his business's brightest talents, vanished without a trace.
But it soon becomes clear that another manhunt is in progress, and that Skinner himself is the target. While his daughter Alex fights that battle at home, Skinner's own search takes one sinister turn after another, until he is faced with the toughest question of all:
Is natural justice sometimes the only answer?
(P)2015 Headline Digital
Critics Review
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Praise for Quintin Jardine: 'If Ian Rankin is the Robert Carlyle of Scottish crime writers, then Jardine is surely its Sean Connery'
Glasgow Herald
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Remarkably assured, raw-boned, a tour de force
New York Times
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Well constructed, fast-paced, Jardine's narrative has many an ingenious twist and turn
Observer
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Very engaging as well as ingenious, and the unraveling of the mystery is excellently done
Scotsman
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Deplorably readable
Guardian
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If you're looking for a detective whose personal life is as active, contradictory and complicated as his job then follow the Edinburgh exploits of Deputy Chief Constable Bob Skinner in Quintin Jardine's Skinner series
Radio Times
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Gritty cop drama that makes Taggart look tame
Northern Echo
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More twists and turns than TV's Taggart at its best
Stirling Observer
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Compelling stuff
Oxford Times
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A complex and suspenseful saga that never flags from start to finish
Bolton Evening News
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Details
- Author
- Quintin Jardine
- Narrator
- James Bryce
- Duration
- 13 hours 10 minutes
- Release Date
- 13 July 2015
- ISBN
- 9781472216915
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Headline
- Genre
- Crime and / or mystery fiction, Crime and mystery: police procedural, Thriller / suspense fiction, Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general
Synopsis
LAST RESORT is the twenty-fifth novel in the Bob Skinner series by Quintin Jardine, Scotland's master of crime, and sees the Edinburgh cop back as never before. After thirty years of service, former Chief Constable Bob Skinner faces the possible end of his police career, at its pinnacle. A trip to Catalunya to contemplate his future soon takes on a different flavour when Skinner is asked by an friend, Xavier Aislado, to track down one of his business's brightest talents, vanished without a trace. But it soon becomes clear that another manhunt is in progress, and that Skinner himself is the target. While his daughter Alex fights that battle at home, Skinner's own search takes one sinister turn after another, until he is faced with the toughest question of all:Is natural justice sometimes the only answer?(P)2015 Headline Digital
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