Fatal Last Words

Fatal Last Words

448 pages
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Published: 11 Jun 2009
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ISBN: 9780755329168

Format: Paperback

Language: English

Publisher: Headline

Publication date: 1 January 2009

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It's no ordinary summer for DCC Bob Skinner, as murder mystery leaps from the page into reality in the new book in Quintin Jardine's outstanding police series.August in Edinburgh: As Skinner stands on the edge of a career-defining moment and his fianc�e, Scotland's First Minister Aileen de Marco faces a political crisis, a famous figure from another field is found dead. As the mystery deepens, Skinner finds himself crossing swords with an old enemy from the past, while his investigating detectives are faced with the unwelcome complication of a duke's junkie daughter. Meanwhile a second Scottish celebrity dies violently in Australia. It seems impossible, but could the two be connected? As DCS Mario McGuire heads to Melbourne to investigate, back in Scotland his boss's big moment is compromised in the most dramatic and unexpected manner, as a famous friendship is shattered for ever.