The thirty-first gritty mystery in Quintin Jardine's bestselling Bob Skinner series, not to be missed by readers of Ian Rankin and Peter May. Bob Skinner may be Chief Constable no more but he's indispensable to Scotland's police force when it comes to cracking the toughest cases. It's not just the brilliant detective work - it's the absolute determination to unearth the truth and see justice done. And Bob Skinner doesn't care whose toes he treads on as he pursues the guilty...Praise for Jardine's gripping mysteries: 'Well constructed, fast-paced, Jardine's narrative has many an ingenious twist and turn' - Observer'If Ian Rankin is the Robert Carlyle of Scottish crime writers, then Jardine is surely its Sean Connery' - Glasgow Herald'Very engaging as well as ingenious, and the unraveling of the mystery is excellently done' - Scotsman'Another cracker from Jardine... plenty of twists and turns along the way' - Scots Magazine | The Bad Fire by Quintin Jardine, Paperback | Indigo Chapters