TY  - MANSCPT
AU  - Jardine,Quintin
TI  - State secrets
T2  - Bob Skinner
SN  - 9781472205742
U1  - 823.914 23
KW  - Skinner, Bob (Fictitious character)
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Murder
KW  - Investigation
KW  - London (England)
KW  - Detective and mystery stories
KW  - lcgft
N1  - "A Bob Skinner mystery" -- Cover
N2  - Former 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. Hours before the Prime Minster is due to make a controversial statement, she is discovered in her office with a letter opener driven through her skull. Skinner is swiftly enlisted by the Security Service to lead the investigation. Reunited with Met Police Commander Neil McIlhenney, he has 48 hours to crack the case. There 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?
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