Order of Bob Skinner Books

Order of Bob Skinner Books

Bob Skinner by Quintin Jardine

Bob Skinner is the lead character in a series of crime fiction novels by Scottish novelist Quintin Jardine. Detective Chief Robert Skinner is the head of the Edinburgh Criminal Investigation Department.

Quintin Jardine began his Bob Skinner series in 1993 with the novel Skinner’s Rules. The series is currently ongoing. As of this writing, a new novel has been published in the series every single year since – without fail. Below is a list of Quintin Jardine’s Bob Skinner books in order of when they were originally released (which is the same as their chronological order):

Publication Order of Bob Skinner Books

Skinner’s Rules

(1993)

Skinner’s Festival

(1994)

Skinner’s Trail

(1994)

Skinner’s Round

(1995)

Skinner’s Ordeal

(1996)

Skinner’s Mission

(1997)

Skinner’s Ghosts

(1998)

Murmuring the Judges

(1998)

Gallery Whispers

(1999)

Thursday Legends

(2000)

Autographs in the Rain

(2001)

Head Shot

(2002)

Fallen Gods

(2003)

Stay of Execution

(2004)

Lethal Intent

(2005)

Dead and Buried

(2006)

Death’s Door

(2007)

Aftershock

(2008)

Fatal Last Words

(2009)

A Rush of Blood

(2010)

Grievous Angel

(2011)

Funeral Note

(2012)

Pray for the Dying

(2013)

Hour of Darkness

(2014)

A Hint of Death

(2014)

Last Resort

(2015)

Private Investigations

(2016)

Game Over

(2017)

State Secrets

(2017)

Skinner’s Elves

(2017)

A Brush with Death

(2018)

Cold Case

(2018)

The Bad Fire

(2019)

The Roots of Evil

(2020)

Deadlock

(2021)

Open Season

(2022)

The Cage

(2023)