Dead Man’s Tale: the thrilling new crime novel in the acclaimed Bob Skinner series

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Quintin Jardine

Dead Man’s Tale

the thrilling new crime novel in the acclaimed Bob Skinner series

Quintin Jardine

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Headline Book Publishing
06 November 2025

Crime & Mystery

'The legendary Quintin Jardine . . . such a fine writer' DENZIL MEYRICK

The gripping new mystery in the bestselling Bob Skinner series from the acclaimed Quintin Jardine.

His native Scotland stands on the cusp of a new era of international expansion under its charismatic new leader, but former top cop Sir Robert Skinner is settled happily in Spain with his family, fully engaged in a new and unexpected career. He is focused on a business issue, only to be drawn suddenly homewards as a family member finds himself a witness to a homicidal attack, and under fire himself.

Skinner drops everything to rush to his stricken son's aid. Pulled back into his old world he finds himself facing the aftermath of a shocking crime only to see it evolve into a mystery as great as any he has ever faced. When kidnap follows murder, and the investigation expands in range and complexity, can Bob and his onetime police protege ACC Sauce Haddock run the perpetrators to ground?

Praise for Quintin Jardine's Bob Skinner series:

'Scottish crime-writing at its finest, with a healthy dose of plot twists and turns, bodies and plenty of brutality' SUN

'Well constructed, fast-paced, Jardine's narrative has many an ingenious twist and turn' OBSERVER

By: Quintin Jardine
Imprint: Headline Book Publishing
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 236mm, Width: 160mm, Spine: 36mm
Weight: 600g
ISBN: 9781035419937
ISBN 10: 1035419939
Pages: 384
Publication Date: 06 November 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Quintin Jardine was born once upon a time in the West - of Scotland rather than America, but still he grew to manhood as a massive Sergio Leone fan. On the way there he was educated, against his will, in Glasgow, where he ditched a token attempt to study law for more interesting careers in journalism, government propaganda, and political spin-doctoring. After a close call with the Brighton Bomb in 1984, he moved into the even riskier world of media relations consultancy, before realising that all along he had been training to become a crime writer. Now, forty novels later, he never looks back. Along the way he has created/acquired an extended family in Scotland and Spain. Everything he does is for them. He can be tracked down through his blog: http://quintinjardine.me