A Rush of Blood
A complex tale of deception and revenge leads Skinner and his people to a bloody encounter and a dramatic confrontationThe horrific suicide of a successful Lithuanian entrepreneur rouses suspicion among the newly appointed Chief Constable Bob Skinner and his colleagues. They’ve crossed swords...
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A complex tale of deception and revenge leads Skinner and his people to a bloody encounter and a dramatic confrontationThe horrific suicide of a successful Lithuanian entrepreneur rouses suspicion among the newly appointed Chief Constable Bob Skinner and his colleagues. They’ve crossed swords with the businessman before; why would a man with everything to live for take his own life? As enquiries begin, a mystery girl, drugged and incoherent, is dumped in a health center by a mysterious Galahad, who promptly disappears. Who is she, who is he, and where has he gone? Is it coincidence that most of the massage parlors in the city have suddenly closed overnight?
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780755357666 (0755357663)
Publish date: July 1st 2011
Publisher: Headline Book Publishing
Pages no: 420
Edition language: English
Series: Bob Skinner 5 (#20)
This is the first book I've read in the Skinner series, and it's a bad place to start. The cast of characters spans practically the whole of Edinburgh's CID, and all they seem to do for the first 100 pages or so is talk to each other in unnatural "as you know, Bob" info-dump style. If I had been fol...