Skinner’s Trail  by Quintin Jardine

Skinner’s Trail (Bob Skinner series, Book 3): A gritty Edinburgh mystery of crime and murder by Quintin Jardine
First the joyous birth of Skinner’s son…Then the grim reality of murder
in one of Edinburgh’s prosperous suburbs. A man has been found knifed in a
luxury villa. The victim had run a chain of laundrettes, saunas and pubs
throughout the city, but for some time the police suspected these to be the
front for a drug distribution network. As the murder investigation continues
without result, it seems the killer was particularly cunning in covering his
tracks – leaving no clues or leads to pursue. But then another seemingly
minor crime – involving property fraud – takes Assistant Chief Constable Bob
Skinner in a new direction. Moving from Scotland to northern Spain, then back
to a chilling climax in Edinburgh, this complex and suspenseful thriller
follows a tortuous and bloodsoaked trail involving vice, corruption and the
merchants of death.