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Jardine, Quintin,

The roots of evil / Quintin Jardine. - London : Headline, 2020 - 375 pages ; 24 cm - A Bob Skinner mystery 32 . - A Bob Skinner mystery ; [32] . - Jardine, Quintin, author. Bob Skinner mystery ; 32. .

"When struggling ex-copper Terry Coats was discovered in bed with an air hostess, his excuse that he was 'going undercover' cut no ice with the force - or his wife. But now he's been brutally killed on Hogmanay night, it seems there may have been more to his plea. Dragged from the New Year celebrations, Special Constable Sir Bob Skinner is shocked to find Coats' body alongside that of Griff Montell: his erstwhile protégé, and former lover of Skinner's own daughter, Alex. Could there be some dark truth under Coats' cock-and-bull story, after all? As the secrets start unravelling, Skinner realises he has gravely underestimated someone close to him - and the effects will cost him, and those he loves, dear..."--Publisher.

ISBN: 1472255933 9781472255938 1472255917 9781472255914

Nat. Bib. No.: GBC0D3735 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 019927993 Uk

Subjects--Personal Names:
Skinner, Bob (Fictitious character) --Fiction.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Police--Scotland--Edinburgh--Fiction.
Police--Crimes against--Fiction.
Secrecy--Fiction.
Murder--Investigation--Scotland--Glasgow--Fiction.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Edinburgh (Scotland)--Edinburgh--Fiction.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Detective and mystery fiction.

Dewey Class. No.: 823.92