{"product_id":"deadlock-9781472282828","title":"Deadlock","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eThe gripping new mystery in Quintin Jardine's bestselling Bob Skinner series, not to be missed by readers of Ian Rankin and Peter May.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSir Robert Skinner's stock is rising - after retiring from the police service he's been promoted to head an international media organisation. Yet a series of unexplained deaths on his home turf in Scotland threaten to bring him crashing back down to earth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs Skinner helps the elderly in his local community, several residents seem to die of natural causes. But when a gruesome discovery is made in a Glasgow flat and one of Skinner's long-time friends - an aspiring politician - emerges as the prime suspect, things become very murky indeed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter unpicking clues that go nowhere, Skinner and his team are left grappling the most baffling conundrum they have ever encountered - is there a mystery at all?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ePraise for Quintin Jardine's Bob Skinner series:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The legendary Quintin Jardine . . . such a fine writer' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eDENZIL MEYRICK\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Scottish crime-writing at its finest, with a healthy dose of plot twists and turns, bodies and plenty of brutality' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eSUN\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Another powerful tartan noir that packs a punch' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ePETERBOROUGH EVENING TELEGRAPH\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Incredibly difficult to put the book down . . . a guide through a world of tangled family politics, hostile takeovers, government-sanctioned killing, extortion and the seedier side of publishing . . . Quintin Jardine should be . . . your first choice!' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eSCOTS MAGAZINE\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Well constructed, fast-paced, Jardine's narrative has many an ingenious twist and turn' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eOBSERVER\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Headline Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42752154206414,"sku":"9781472282828","price":19.9,"currency_code":"MYR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/0883\/2974\/files\/9781472282828_a.png?v=1725256835","url":"https:\/\/www.bookxcess.com\/products\/deadlock-9781472282828","provider":"BookXcess","version":"1.0","type":"link"}