Death’s Door by Quintin Jardine [ISBN 978 0 7553 2911 3] does not really deserve a 8/10, but it is a pretty good read. I’m afraid that I cannot bear the overweening character of Bob Skinner – its lucky that he was on leave for most of the book. He is so nauseatingly macho and arrogant I’m sure the Scottish police force would manage so much better without him. Goodish plot, good narrative except where Bob takes over with little effect …..
Death’s Door by Quintin Jardine [ISBN 978 0 7553 2911 3] does not really deserve a 8/10, but it is a pretty good read. I’m afraid that I cannot bear the overweening character of Bob Skinner – its lucky that he was on leave for most of the book. He is so nauseatingly macho and arrogant I’m sure the Scottish police force would manage so much better without him. Goodish plot, good narrative except where Bob takes over with little effect …..
There are two murders of young female artists who are murdered and displayed as if in a ritual killing – is the murderer in the art world in Edinburgh. The second victim is the daughter of multi-millionaire David Boras and he tries to beat the police force to her murderer so that he can exact his own justice. So it’s a race to find out the killer.
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