Skinner's Rules

London: Headline Book Publising PLC, 1993. CD3 - A first edition (complete numberline) hardcover book in very good condition in very good dust jacket that is mylar protected. Dust jacket has some wrinkling, chipping, crease and few tiny tears on the edges and corners, scattered light scratches, rubbing and scuffing, light discoloration and shelf wear. Book has some bumped corners, some wrinkling on the spine edges, light tanning and shelf wear. EDINBURGH'S TOUGHEST COP HUNTS A MULTIPLE KILLER. Although not marked in any way, this copy comes from the personal collection of Otto Penzler, legendary editor and founder of the Mysterious Press, an award-winning icon in the genre. 9.5"x6.5", 312 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Detective Chief superintendent Bob Skinner is a hard man. As head of Edinburgh's CID he has seen it all, but the discovery of a savaged corpse in a dark alleyway just off the famous Royal Mile comes as a shock even to him. The victim is soon identified as a successful young lawyer, and the motive for his brutal death is an utter mystery. As further seemingly random killings scandalize the city, a disturbing pattern seems to emerge which points to a viscous serial killer. But then the murdered lawyer's fiancée dies in ambiguous circumstances which seem beyond the bounds of mere coincidence. His suspicions aroused, Skinner and his team begin to probe both the present and the past. What he eventually uncovers is an elaborate smokescreen shrouding a deep-rooted and very intricate conspiracy. But whatever the danger to himself, and whatever political expediencies surround this bizarre sequence of violent killings, he becomes ever more determined that in Edinburgh, at least, folk will abide by Skinner's rules.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.