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A rush of blood / by Jardine, Quintin.;: Subjects: Detective and mystery stories.; Mystery fiction.; Police; Revenge; Skinner, Bob (Fictitious character); Suicide;; © c2010., Headline,; Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1; unAPI
Make great art on your iPad : draw, paint, share / by Jardine, Alison.;: LSC; Subjects: Computer drawing.; Computer art; iPad (Computer);; Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1; unAPI
The cage / by Jardine, Quintin,author.; container of (work):Jardine, Quintin.Skinner's elves.;: On a sunny seaside August morning, a woman on maternity leave spots a body wedged in rocks on a Scottish beach. Gavin Ayre's riding gear sparks the assumption that he had been thrown by a panicked horse ... until an autopsy reveals this was no accident. Soon it becomes clear that Ayre's life was as big a mystery as his death. Detective Superintendent Harold 'Sauce' Haddock heads an investigation that is running into the sand, until a link is revealed between the victim and another man in Spain, with a surprisingly similar name. Faced with the twin puzzle Sauce turns to his mentor, Bob Skinner, moved on from the police service to head an international media group. Soon the two friends are at the heart of a multi-layered conspiracy, as they search for the answer to the prime question ... who killed Gavin Ayre?; Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Novels.; Ex-police officers; Murder; Police; Skinner, Bob (Fictitious character);; Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2; unAPI
The roots of evil / by Jardine, Quintin,author.;: Bob Skinner is back and although he is no longer a full time police officer, he mentors members of the current force and through this becomes involved in a brutal double murder of a current and ex member of the force. As the investigation unfolds and the body count increases, events from both the past and present come together to form a complex and intriguing case.; Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Skinner, Bob (Fictitious character); Ex-police officers; Police; Murder;; Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1; unAPI
Private investigations / by Jardine, Quintin,author.;: Former Chief Constable Bob Skinner has uncovered his fair share of crime scenes over his 30-year career. But few have affected him quite as much as the horrifying sight he finds stowed in the back of a stolen car that collides with his own on the outskirts of Edinburgh. As his former colleagues investigate the mystery, Skinner is left to take on the unusual challenge of tracing a million-pound yacht, vanished from its mooring. From the outside, the two events couldn't seem less connected. And yet, as the body count rises, a link surfaces that could provide the key to both. And as discord spreads within the newly unified Police Scotland, it will soon become clear whether Skinner is on the side of the angels - or working against them.; Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Skinner, Bob (Fictitious character); Police;; Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2; unAPI
A brush with death / by Jardine, Quintin,author.;: When millionaire Leo Speight is found poisoned at his Ayrshire mansion, Police Scotland has a tough case on its hands. Speight was a champion boxer with national hero status, and a long list of lovers and friends stand to benefit from his estate. Did one of them decide to speed things up? Or was jealousy or rivalry the motive? The Security Service wants to stay close to the investigation and they have just the man to send in: ex-Chief Constable Bob Skinner. Skinner might have retired from the police, but solving crimes is in his blood. Combining forces with DI Lottie Mann and DS Dan Provan of Serious Crimes, he's determined to see Speight's murderer put away for a long time. But there's a twist even Bob Skinner couldn't see coming.; Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Skinner, Bob (Fictitious character); Ex-police officers; Murder;; Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2; unAPI
Deadlock / by Jardine, Quintin,author.;: Sir Robert Skinner's stock is rising -- after retiring from the police service he's 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 Skinner's 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?; Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Novels.; Ex-police officers; Murder; Skinner, Bob (Fictitious character);; Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2; unAPI

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