Quintin Jardine

Quintin Jardine
Jardine in 2006
Born	1945 (age 79–80) Motherwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Occupation	Novelist
Period	1993-present
Genre	Crime fiction

Quintin Jardine (born 1945) is a Scottish author of three series of crime novels, featuring the fictional characters Bob Skinner, Oz Blackstone, and Primavera Blackstone. ^[1]

Biography

Jardine was born in Motherwell, Lanarkshire, and studied law in Glasgow. He has previously worked as a journalist, government information officer, political spin-doctor and media relations consultant, but settled on being a writer. ^[2]

Jardine supports his hometown football club, Motherwell F.C. ^[3]

Bibliography

Bob Skinner series

Jardine has written 35 novels ^[4] featuring senior Edinburgh policeman Bob Skinner:

1. Skinner's Rules (1993)
2. Skinner's Festival (1994)
3. Skinner's Trail (1994)
4. Skinner's Round (1995)
5. Skinner's Ordeal (1996)
6. Skinner's Mission (1997)
7. Skinner's Ghosts (1998)
8. Murmuring the Judges (1998)
9. Gallery Whispers (1999)
10. Thursday Legends (2000)
11. Autographs in the Rain (2001)
12. Head Shot (2002)
13. Fallen Gods (2003)
14. Stay of Execution (2004)
15. Lethal Intent (2005)
16. Dead and Buried (2006)
17. Death's Door (2007)
18. Aftershock (2008)
19. Fatal Last Words (2009)
20. A Rush of Blood (2010)
21. Grievous Angel (2011)
22. Funeral Note (2012)
23. Pray for the Dying (2013)
24. Hour of Darkness (2014)
25. The Last Resort (2015)
26. Private Investigations (2016)
27. Game Over (2017) ^[5]
28. State Secrets (2017)
29. A Brush With Death (2018)
30. Cold Case (2018)
31. The Bad Fire (2019)
32. The Roots of Evil (2020)
33. Deadlock (2021)
34. Open Season (2022)
35. The Cage (2023)

Oz Blackstone series

Novels featuring Oz Blackstone, a private investigator in London: ^[6]

1. Blackstone's Pursuits (1996)
2. A Coffin for Two (1997)
3. Wearing Purple (1999)
4. Screen Savers (2000)
5. On Honeymoon with Death (2001)
6. Poisoned Cherries (2002)
7. Unnatural Justice (2003)
8. Alarm Call (2004)
9. For the Death of Me (2005)

Primavera Blackstone series

Novels featuring Primavera Blackstone, Oz Blackstone's ex-wife: ^[7]

1. Inhuman Remains (2009)
2. Blood Red (2010)
3. As Easy As Murder (2012)
4. Deadly Business (2013)
5. As Serious as Death (2013)

Other projects

• The Loner (2011) A standalone story about Xavier "Xavi" Aislado's life ^[8]
• Mathew's Tale (2014) A story concerning Mathew Fleming, a 19th-century ancestor of Bob Skinner, set in 1818 in Carluke, Lanarkshire. ^[9]
• Skinner's Elves: A Bob Skinner Christmas Story (2017). A short story set in 2041. Included in the audiobook for The Cage.

References

1. "Authors: Quintin Jardine". Books From Scotland.
2. "QJ bio". 17 September 2009.
3. "QJ bio". 17 September 2009.
4. "Bob Skinner Series". Goodreads. Seattle, Washington, U.S.: Goodreads (Amazon). Retrieved 2 November 2025.
5. publisher http://www.campbellreadbooks.com/ Archived 10 July 2019 at the Wayback Machine
6. "Oz Blackstone Series". Goodreads. Seattle, Washington, U.S.: Goodreads (Amazon). Retrieved 2 November 2025.
7. "Primavera Blackstone Series". Goodreads. Seattle, Washington, U.S.: Goodreads (Amazon). Retrieved 2 November 2025.
8. "The Loner by Quintin Jardine". Goodreads. Seattle, Washington, U.S.: Goodreads (Amazon). Retrieved 2 November 2025.
9. "Mathew's Tale by Quintin Jardine". Goodreads. Seattle, Washington, U.S.: Goodreads (Amazon). Retrieved 2 November 2025.

External links

• Quintinjardine.com, Official site Archived 1 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine