Skinner's Mission (U)

'Remarkably assured first novel...a tour deforce.' - NEW YORK TIMES on Skinner's Rules 'First class read.' - JEFFREY ARCHER When a car showroom is torched, leaving a badly charred body, Deputy Chief Constable Bob Skinner wonders if a life of crime has finally caught up with the owner, Jackie Charles. But the corpse turns out to be that of Jackie's wife, Carole. Skinner's number one priority, though, is a murder much closer to home. The question of how his first wife, Myra, really died has become an obsession. As he and his daughter, Alex, unlock the hidden secrets of Myra's past, they discover her bloody fate is linked inextricably across the years with the death of Carole Charles.