{"product_id":"2940170380404","title":"State Secrets: Bob Skinner, Book 28: Bob Skinner, Book 28","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA shocking murder at the Palace of Westminster draws Edinburgh's toughest cop into a complex new case...\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSkinner is plunged into a web of politics and enemies in \u003ci\u003eState Secrets\u003c\/i\u003e, the twenty-eighth mystery in Quintin Jardine's bestselling crime series. Not to be missed by readers of Ian Rankin and Peter May. Praise for Quintin Jardine's gritty novels: 'Well constructed, fast-paced...many an ingenious twist and turn' \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFormer Chief Constable Bob Skinner is long out of the police force but trouble has a habit of following him around. So it is that he finds himself in the Palace of Westminster as a shocking act befalls the nation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHours before the Prime Minister is due to make a controversial statement, she is discovered in her office with a letter opener driven through her skull.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIs the act political? Personal? Or even one of terror?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSkinner is swiftly enlisted by the Security Service to lead the investigation. Reunited with Met Police Commander Neil McIlhenney, he has forty-eight hours to crack the case - before the press unleash their wrath.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere are many in the tangled web of government with cause to act. But the outcome will be one that not even Skinner himself could predict...\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Octopus Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47098401128688,"sku":"2940170380404","price":26.66,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940170380404_p0.jpg?v=1763708739","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940170380404","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}