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Deadlock

Bob Skinner, Book 33

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Deadlock

By: Quintin Jardine
Narrated by: James Bryce
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The gripping new mystery in Quintin Jardine's best-selling Bob Skinner series.

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?

©2021 Quintin Jardine (P)2021 Portador Ltd Crime Thrillers International Mystery & Crime Mystery Thriller Thriller & Suspense Fiction Crime Suspense

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Critic reviews

"The legendary Quintin Jardine...such a fine writer." (Denzil Meyrick)

"Scottish crime-writing at its finest, with a healthy dose of plot twists and turns, bodies and plenty of brutality." (Sun)

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Is this Quentin Jardine's way of ending the Bob Skinner's series of novels, or is there more to come?

The end?

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I have enjoyed all the Bob Skinner books, but for some reason I enjoyed this one the most. Can’t wait for the next book.

Couldn’t stop listening

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Superbly written story the best ever , but I said that about the last one .wonderfully read by James Bryce can’t wait for the next one .

Amazing

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it had me guessing all the way through.
Well done Quintin Jardine definitely the best yet.

the best yet.

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QJ rarely fails to deliver the goods and this book continues that tradition. Well plotted with an ensemble cast of characters from the Bob Skinner universe. If I had one quibble it would be that the capture of the killer is only implied but that doesn't deflect from the overall story. Recommended.

Up to usual standard

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Brilliantly played out, and well anchored within the pandemic world we all now inhabit.
Loved this latest, excellent installment into Bob Skinner's world, and that of his cohorts, with the usual superb characterisation by James Bryce.
I shall eagerly await the next one!

Another excellent installment!

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compling story. Very different in style but as usual brilliantly written and performed. Characters continu to develop, making you want to know more. can't wait for next instalment. HIGHLY recommended to all those who love crime fiction.

what an ending.

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THE BEST OF THE NOVELS DEALING WITH BOB SKINNER'S POST-RETIREMENT LIFE, AND LIKE ALL THE 32 (!) PRECEDING BOOKS SUPERBLY READ BY JAMES BRYCE.

CLASSIC QUENTIN JARDINE

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I usually enjoy Bob Skinner books but I gave up on this one about a third of the way through. Was still waiting for a crime to happen but got bored with the wait. OK if you just want to hear what the ex cops are doing now I suppose !

Not much crime involved

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I really wanted to enjoy this book, really, really! But, it was dreadful, like watching paint dry and then an unresloved ending. Very disappointing indeed. All the previous books have been interesting and engaging, this one wasn't. Every sentence was an exposition, the conversations were tedious (no-one ever speaks like these) and generally unsatifying overall.
The crime / s seemed peripheral to the other storylines, which were dull in the extreme. Red herrings all over the place, it was if a lorry of them had overturned with nowhere to go.
The narration, for me, was fine. With so many characters all having come from roughly the same area (Central Belt) it must be very difficult to come up with different voices and sustain them over so long. Whilst it may have been patchy in places I admire the skill of the narrator.
The reader / listener has been cheated with the very unsatifactory end to the 'mystery'. I'll be returning this book, it's such a shame as it could have been handled so much better.

So slow

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