Quintin Jardine
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Quintin Jardine is a Scottish author of two series of crime novels, featuring the characters Bob Skinner and Oz Blackstone.
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[edit] Biography
Jardine was born in Motherwell and studied law at the University of Glasgow. He worked as a journalist and a spin doctor before becoming a professional writer. His first novel, Skinner's Rules, was published in 1993. He lives alternately in Gullane and L'Escala, Costa Brava, with his wife Eileen.
[edit] Bob Skinner
Quintin Jardine has written sixteen novels featuring senior Edinburgh policeman Bob Skinner - "Britain's toughest cop" according the novels' publisher. Skinner lives in Stockbridge and, like Jardine, also has homes in Gullane, East Lothian and L'Escala, Catalonia in Spain.
At the beginning of Jardine's first novel, Skinner is a Detective Chief Superintendent; he rises through the ranks as the series progresses. He supports Motherwell Football Club and plays golf.
Novels featuring Bob Skinner:
- Skinner's Rules (1993)
- Skinner's Festival (1994)
- Skinner's Trail (1994)
- Skinner's Round (1995)
- Skinner's Ordeal (1996)
- Skinner's Mission (1997)
- Skinner's Ghosts (1998)
- Murmuring the Judges (1998)
- Gallery Whispers (1999)
- Thursday Legends (2000)
- Autographs in the Rain (2001)
- Head Shot (2002)
- Fallen Gods (2003)
- Stay of Execution (2004)
- Lethal Intent (2005)
- Dead and Buried (2006)
Bob Skinner audio books have been recorded by James Bryce and Robbie McNab.
[edit] Oz Blackstone
Oz Blackstone is the hero of Jardine's second series of books, the first of which he wrote under the pseudonym Matthew Reid. [1] A private detective turned Hollywood actor, Blackstone, like Skinner, is Scottish and enjoys golf. He has featured in nine novels since 1996.
One of Blackstone's regular acting roles is in fictional adaptations of Jardine's Bob Skinner series. (To confuse matters, the Blackstone novels also exist in the universe of the Bob Skinner books.)
Novels featuring Oz Blackstone:
- Blackstone's Pursuits (1996)
- A Coffin for Two (1997)
- Wearing Purple (1999)
- Screen Savers (2000)
- On Honeymoon with Death (2001)
- Poisoned Cherries (2002)
- Unnatural Justice (2003)
- Alarm Call (2004)
- For the Death of Me (2005)
Audio adaptations of most of these titles have been read by Joe Dunlop.
[edit] References
- Official site. Accessed 2 January 2006.
- Amazon.co.uk. Accessed 2 January 2006.
- Stop, You're KillIng Me!. Accessed 4 January 2006.
