19 October 2017
Many congratulations to Quintin Jardine on the publication of State Secrets which is out today from Headline!
A shocking murder at the Palace of Westminster draws Edinburgh's toughest cop into a complex new case... Former Chief Constable Bob Skinner is long out of the police force but trouble has a habit of following him around. So it is that he finds himself in the Palace of Westminster as a shocking act befalls the nation. Hours before the Prime Minister is due to make a controversial statement, she is discovered in her office with a letter opener driven through her skull. Is the act political? Personal? Or even one of terror? Skinner is swiftly enlisted by the Security Service to lead the investigation. Reunited with Met Police Commander Neil McIlhenney, he has forty-eight hours to crack the case - before the press unleash their wrath. There are many in the tangled web of government with cause to act. But the outcome will be one that not even Skinner himself could predict...State Secrets is the explosive new instalment in the Bob Skinner series. It's guaranteed to have all readers on the edge of their seat as it roars towards its gripping conclusion. You can lay your hands on it here and find out more about State Secrets here . . .
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