Quintin Jardine is a Scottish author of crime fiction. He writes the Bob Skinner, Oz Blackstone and Primavera Blackstone series. Born in Motherwell, he studied law at Glasgow University. Before becoming a novelist, Quintin worked as a journalist, political information officer and media relations consultant. He slow transitioned himself into a career in writing fiction. Quintin left his hometown of Motherwell in 1968, but is still a Motherwell FC supporter. He is married with four adult children and splits his time between Gullane, East Lothian and L’Escala, Costa Brava, Spain.
Quintin Jardine became a published novelist in 1993 with the novel Skinner’s Rules, which began his Bob Skinner series. Below is a list of Quintin Jardine’s books in order of when they were originally published:
Publication Order of Bob Skinner Books
Publication Order of Oz Blackstone Books
Publication Order of Oz Blackstone Short Stories/Novellas
Publication Order of Primavera Blackstone Books
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
Note: Blackstone’s Pursuits and A Coffin for Two were originally written under the pen name of Matthew Reid.
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Quintin Jardine Synopsis: Skinner’s Rules is Quintin Jardine’s debut novel and the first in his Bob Skinner series. Detective Chief Bob Skinner heads Edinburgh’s CID has seen a lot of things, but nothing could prepare him for the mutilated corpse that has been discovered in an alleyway. The body is that of a young, successful lawyer and the motive is unknown. More killings that appear to be random occur in the city and it can only be deduced that a serial killer is on the loose. But things get serious when the lawyer’s fiancee is also found dead.
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