Quintin Jardine
Quintin Jardine is a Scottish author of three series of crime novels, featuring the fictional characters Bob Skinner, Oz Blackstone, and Primavera Blackstone.
Biography
Jardine was born in Motherwell, Lanarkshire, and studied law in Glasgow. He has previously worked as a journalist, government information officer, political spin-doctor and media relations consultant, but settled on being a writer.Jardine supports his hometown football club, Motherwell F.C.
Bob Skinner series
Jardine has written 35 novels featuring senior Edinburgh policeman Bob Skinner:- Skinner's Rules
- Skinner's Festival
- Skinner's Trail
- Skinner's Round
- Skinner's Ordeal
- Skinner's Mission
- Skinner's Ghosts
- Murmuring the Judges
- Gallery Whispers
- Thursday Legends
- Autographs in the Rain
- Head Shot
- Fallen Gods
- Stay of Execution
- Lethal Intent
- Dead and Buried
- Death's Door
- Aftershock
- Fatal Last Words
- A Rush of Blood
- Grievous Angel
- Funeral Note
- Pray for the Dying
- Hour of Darkness
- The Last Resort
- Private Investigations
- Game Over
- State Secrets
- A Brush With Death
- Cold Case
- The Bad Fire
- The Roots of Evil
- Deadlock
- Open Season
- ''The Cage''
Oz Blackstone series
Novels featuring Oz Blackstone, a private investigator in London:- Blackstone's Pursuits
- A Coffin for Two
- Wearing Purple
- Screen Savers
- On Honeymoon with Death
- Poisoned Cherries
- Unnatural Justice
- Alarm Call
- ''For the Death of Me''
Primavera Blackstone series
Novels featuring Primavera Blackstone, Oz Blackstone's ex-wife:- Inhuman Remains
- Blood Red
- As Easy As Murder
- Deadly Business
- ''As Serious as Death''
Other projects
- The Loner A standalone story about Xavier "Xavi" Aislado's life
- Mathew's Tale A story concerning Mathew Fleming, a 19th-century ancestor of Bob Skinner, set in 1818 in Carluke, Lanarkshire.
- Skinner's Elves: A Bob Skinner Christmas Story. A short story set in 2041. Included in the audiobook for The Cage.