Skinner faces the greatest most personal tests of his career in this gripping crime thriller. Deputy Chief Constable Bob Skinner could be forgiven for thinking not only that someone up there doesnt like him but that someone down here is out to get him. Suffering the strain of a marriage on the rocks the last thing he needs is for his private life to be plastered across the front pages of a sleazy tabloid. To make matters worse two brutal murders & new allegations about Skinner himself make simultaneous headlines. Unless he can clear his name & uncover the secret behind the series of brutal crimes he stands to lose everything: his family his career & even his life & liberty. ...

Skinner must help a criminal in order to catch a killer in this sixth novel in the bestselling Edinburgh crime series. When an Edinburgh car showroom is torched leaving a charred body among the burnt-out luxury cars Deputy Chief Constable Bob Skinner wonders if a life of crime has finally caught up with one of the citys most elusive villains. But the corpse turns out not to be that of Jackie Charles the owner of the showroom but his wife Carole. Skinner now finds himself on the same side as his old enemy in the search for the killer... ...

Skinner faces both the biggest case of his career & crippling personal crisis in this thrilling fifth novel in Quintin Jardines bestselling Edinburgh crime series. A mid-air explosion; a plane plunges to disaster from the Scottish skies the British & American Defence Secretaries among the victims. Out of the blue Edinburghs Deputy Chief Constable Bob Skinner finds himself leading the biggest investigation of his career. As Skinners ordeal reaches its crescendo the police pursue their suspects one by one until at last they are brought to a dramatic thrilling but tragic conclusion. ...

Bob Skinner must challenge local beliefs & legends to solve a gruesome murder in this fourth installment in the fantastic Scottish crime series. A four-day tournament involving the worlds leading golfers is being staged to mark the opening of a new country club created on the Marquis of Kintures East Lothian estate. But on the previous Sunday afternoon one of Kintures business partners is found dead in his private jacuzzi in the clubhouse
- with his throat cut. The next day an anonymous letter is received by the local newspaper containing a fragment of a legendary witches curse upon anyone who desecrates their place of worship. When a second murder occurs this time by water ACC Bob Skinner finds himself facing the most challenging case of his career...
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The book that launched a legend: the first novel in the acclaimed Bob Skinner series. As head of Edinburghs CID Detective Chief Superintendent Bob Skinner has seen it all...but even he is shocked by the savagely mutilated corpse discovered in a dark alleyway. The victim is identified as a successful young lawyer & the motive for the brutal death remains a mystery. Then further seemingly random killings in the city begin to suggest a vicious serial killer is on the rampage. But when the lawyers fiancee is also murdered Skinner realises that someone is in deadly earnest... ...

Happily ever after? Or never ever Ever. Ever's mom loved fairy tales but at fifteen-years-old & weighing 302 lbs Ever Davies is sure that happily ever after" was never written for her. She lives under the constant scrutiny of everyone around her & " Skinny"
- the voice in her head
- makes sure she never forgets how fat & ugly she is. That is until Ever decides to take drastic action. With the help of her long-suffering friend Rat Ever embarks on the risky terrifying journey of gastric surgery. But while Ever's body gradually changes on the outside she soon finds that changing the person on the inside is much harder. & silencing Skinny is the hardest task of all."

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Whats good for the bitch is good for the bastard. Hundreds of thousands of women have been inspired to use their head & get real about the food they eat after reading the best-selling manifesto Skinny Bitch. But it turns out some men have been reading over their girlfriends shoulders. Professional athletes such as Milwaukee Brewers Prince Fielder & the Dallas Mavericks Jerry Stackhouse have adopted a whole new eating plan because of the book. Now authors Rory Freedman & Kim Barnouin think its time for the guys to have a book of their own. In Skinny Bastard theyll explain why the macho meat & potatoes diet is total crap why having a gut is un-cool (and a turn-off) & how to get buff on the right foods. Eating well shouldnt be a girlie thingand the Bitches will whip any man into shape with their straight-talk sound guidance & locker room language. ...

If you can't take one more day of self-loathing you're ready to hear the truth: you cannot keep shovelling the same crap into your mouth every day & expect to lose weight. Not for the faint-hearted Skinny Bitch" tells it like it is delivering the truth about food so that readers can make informed educated decisions about what they put in their bodies. Much more than just the next fad diet " Skinny Bitch" outlines a way of life that will help readers make healthy choices." ...

Harry Eastwood has taken on the challenge of a lifetime: marrying her love of classic French cookery with a desire to maintain her waistline. The Skinny French Kitchen" is the result of Harrys year spent tasting testing & tweaking the great French classics in her tiny Parisian kitchen up seven flights of stairs. Every recipe has been slimmed down to a fraction of its usual calorie cost without robbing it of flavour or its French character. From light & delightful Tarte aux Pommes & Mousse au Chocolat to irresistible Coq au Vin Blanc & Croque Monsieur Harry has proved once again that fat & flavour dont always go hand in hand.. ." ...

An Arab & a Jew open a restaurant together across the street from the United Nations... It sounds like the beginning of an ethnic joke but its the axis around which spins this gutsy fun-loving & alarmingly provocative novel widely acclaimed as among Robbinss very best. As a dessert spoon mystifies a waitress takes on the art world & a rowdy redneck discovers the lost god of Palestine the illusions that obscure humanitys view of the true universe fall away one by one. A defiant & upbeat novel that refuses to look away from the end of the world. ...