Dead and Buried

by Quintin Jardine

Book Overview

Murder is rarely cut and dried. Usually it follows its own unique, twisted logic... Deputy Chief Constable Bob Skinner has a failed marriage on his hands, and a death on his conscience. He faces the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0755304101
• Release Date: February 2007
• Publisher: Headline
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 7.0" x 4.7"

Customer Reviews

Tooo much Skinner praise!

Although Jardine writes well, but lately his fulsome praises of Skinner being tough, invincible, and a man of great integrity just do not ring true. In the earlier books, he is a great family man with a fierce love for his family. Now the family is splitting up and there seems to be nary a regret for the departure of his children and wife. Jardine seems to be going back on what he said in earlier novels regarding Skinner's great love for his wife. Now he is suggesting that it was almost just convenience and was not really great love at all, and that he spent all those years dreaming of his dead wife Myra, and didnt really love Sarah that way at all! Come on Quintin, you can't rewrite the history of your characters - there are plenty of others in the books who can and do have affairs in the stories. The sudden reversal in Skinner's character is at odds with his supposed integrity and strength as a man of his word. Other than Skinner's private life & affair with Aileen, the book has a good plot and interesting characters. It's worth a read anyhway!