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2000s: Cramond Beach nr Edinburgh is the setting for a gruesome find
2000s: Cramond Beach nr Edinburgh is the setting for a gruesome find
The body of a murdered woman is found washed up on Cramond Island near the mouth of the River Forth. Days later detectives are called to a flat in Edinburgh; the kitchen is covered in blood, and the occupier is missing.
When the name of the woman from Cramond Island is revealed, it stirs unwelcome memories for those who knew her, Chief Constable Bob Skinner most of all. Now based in Glasgow, he has no reason to become involved in the case. Yet he does, unwittingly setting in motion a course that leads him to the toughest choice of his life, putting him in the midst of a personal nightmare, both life threatening and career changing
This is the novel where Bob Skinner has made the move from his city of Edinburgh to Glasgow. And the move is not going easy
I’d done what I’d been sure was the right thing but that didn’t stop me being desperately homesick every time I walked through the door of HQ in Glasgow, missing my old office in one of the capital city’s ugliest buildings, missing the streets I’d stalked for so many years, missing everyone..
The village close to Edinburgh which seems to act as a buffer for Bob – half way between his old life and the new one
Author/ Guide: Quintin Jardine Destination: Edinburgh, Gullane, Glasgow Departure Time: 2000s
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