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2000s: Is this the end for Bob Skinner?
Last Resort (Skinner 25)
What you need to know before your trail
After thirty years of service, former Chief Constable Bob Skinner faces the possible end of his police career, at its pinnacle.
A trip to Catalunya to contemplate his future soon takes on a different flavour when Skinner is asked by an friend, Xavier Aislado, to track down one of his business’s brightest talents, vanished without a trace.
But it soon becomes clear that another manhunt is in progress, and that Skinner himself is the target. While his daughter Alex fights that battle at home, Skinner’s own search takes one sinister turn after another, until he is faced with the toughest question of all:
Is natural justice sometimes the only answer?
Travel Guide
Edinburgh
In this one, Bob is deciding what to do when he leaves the police service. And there’s one cracking line:
“You could try fiction, she suggested. “You could jump on the Tartan Noir bandwagon”
There’s a Writer’s Museum just next to the High Court Bob if you fancy!
Edinburgh is still the stomping ground of Bob Skinner for this is the city which is ingrained in his skin and his soul. The changes within the police force are difficult to accept at times and is still a bone of contention.
Spain – L’Escala
His Spanish hometown and a place he doesn’t expect to return to so soon.
“Anyone who believes that the north of Spain enjoys a year -long summer has never been there in the winter”
He’s had a place there for more than twenty years but still feel like a stranger in a way. He notices the languages, the expat population, and the quiet nature of the town in early November.
This is a place he can go to escape as he’s not recognized here which he also finds unsettling in itself.
Streetview Maps
A) Girona - L'Escala - Old Town
E) Edinburgh - High Court
Booktrail Boarding Pass Information: Last Resort (Skinner 25)
Author/ Guide: Quintin Jardine Destination: Edinburgh, L’Escala Departure Time: 2000s
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