Quintin Jardine

First the joyous birth of Skinner’s son… Then the grim reality of murder in ones of Edinburgh’s prosperous suburbs....

Deputy Chief Constable Bob Skinner could be forgiven for thinking that someone is out to get him....

The heat is on for DCC Bob Skinner. His career hangs by a thread, as a recent illness has given his enemies a weapon to use against him....

With a gang of ruthless killers at large, it's down to Skinner to piece together a puzzle of sinister complexity....

Every August thousands of tourists and performers flood into Edinburgh for its famous festival....

When an Edinburgh car showroom is torched, Deputy Chief Constable Bob Skinner wonders if a life of crime has finally caught up with one of the city’s most elusive villains....

The killing was an expert hit. Three shots through the head, as the lights dimmed at a celebrity concert in Glasgow....

The opening of an elite country club, marked by a prestigious golf tournament, turns to chaos when a man is found dead in the clubhouse jacuzzi....

The body of a murdered woman is found washed up on Cramond Island near the mouth of the River Forth....

As head of Edinburgh’s CID, Detective Chief Superintendent Bob Skinner has seen it all....

Primavera is enjoying the quiet life in an idyllic village on the Catalan coast of Spain. But her close friendship with the parish priest has eyebrows rising and tongues wagging....

Oz Blackstone, enormously wealthy screen hero and sleuth, dies of a ruptured aorta. Her mind still filled with thoughts of her dead ex-husband, Primavera Blackstone is in Spain with their son Tom....

It's the Fiesta de San Juan in Spain, the national celebration of the Summer Solstice, and there's much excitement about a huge firework display in the village of St Marti....

Primavera Blackstone has found contentment in a small Spanish village by the sea....

The horrific suicide of a successful Lithuanian entrepreneur shocks newly appointed Chief Constable Bob Skinner and his colleagues....

The world of books is focused on Charlotte Square Gardens, so it's a considerable embarrassment when a crime writer and key member of the Scottish Parliament is found dead....

Still reeling from the tragic death of their much-loved colleague, Skinner's men are about to discover that a disturbed serial killer is still at large and very close to home....

Ten years ago Oz Blackstone, movie icon, died tragically while filming in remote Guatemala; mourned by millions, his story came to an end, and his secrets died with him....

Born to Be Wild began with the death of Oz Blackstone, movie hero and idol of millions. The Last Chickenpig carries on the yarn as 17-year-old Tom, Oz's son, goes in search of the father he mourns....

Brought up by his hard-nosed father and ferocious Spanish grandmother....