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Bob Skinner Books in Order

Bob Skinner by Quintin Jardine contains 39 books, published between 1993 and 2026. The first book is Skinner's Rules (1993) and the newest is Dead Man’s Tale: the thrilling new crime novel in the acclaimed Bob Skinner series (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
39
Published
1993–2026
Pages on record
11,756 in 29 of 39 books
Reading time
196–294 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 11,756 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 29 of 39 titles with a page count on record.

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Bob Skinner is a Scottish police procedural series by Quintin Jardine, running to 39 books published between 1993 and 2026. Bob Skinner is a police officer in Edinburgh, and murder and serial murder investigations fill the run. Skinner's Rules (1993) opens it, and the early titles carry his name, Skinner's Festival (1994), Skinner's Trail (1994), Skinner's Round (1995), Skinner's Ordeal (1996), Skinner's Mission (1997) and Skinner's Ghosts (1998), before Murmuring the Judges (1998), Gallery Whispers (1999) and Thursday Legends (2000) break the pattern. The books run long, at a median of 407 pages, and the series is ongoing.

How many Bob Skinner books are there?

Bob Skinner has 39 books, released between 1993 and 2026.

Bob Skinner Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 39 Bob Skinner books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. Cover of Skinner's Rules by Quintin Jardine, book 1 of the Bob Skinner series (1993)
  2. Cover of Skinner's Festival by Quintin Jardine, book 2 of the Bob Skinner series (1994)
  3. Cover of Skinner's Trail by Quintin Jardine, book 3 of the Bob Skinner series (1994)
  4. Cover of Skinner's Round by Quintin Jardine, book 4 of the Bob Skinner series (1995)
  5. Cover of Skinner's Ordeal by Quintin Jardine, book 5 of the Bob Skinner series (1996)
  6. Cover of Skinner's Mission by Quintin Jardine, book 6 of the Bob Skinner series (1997)
  7. Cover of Skinner's Ghosts by Quintin Jardine, book 7 of the Bob Skinner series (1998)
  8. Cover of Murmuring the Judges by Quintin Jardine, book 8 of the Bob Skinner series (1998)
  9. Cover of Gallery Whispers by Quintin Jardine, book 9 of the Bob Skinner series (1999)
  10. Cover of Thursday Legends by Quintin Jardine, book 10 of the Bob Skinner series (2000)
  11. Cover of Autographs in the Rain by Quintin Jardine, book 11 of the Bob Skinner series (2001)
  12. Cover of Head Shot by Quintin Jardine, book 12 of the Bob Skinner series (2002)
  13. Cover of Fallen Gods by Quintin Jardine, book 13 of the Bob Skinner series (2003)
  14. Cover of Stay of Execution by Quintin Jardine, book 14 of the Bob Skinner series (2004)
  15. Cover of Lethal Intent by Quintin Jardine, book 15 of the Bob Skinner series (2005)
  16. Cover of Dead and Buried by Quintin Jardine, book 16 of the Bob Skinner series (2006)
  17. Cover of Aftershock by Quintin Jardine, book 18 of the Bob Skinner series (2008)
  18. Cover of Fatal Last Words by Quintin Jardine, book 19 of the Bob Skinner series (2009)
  19. Cover of Grievous Angel by Quintin Jardine, book 21 of the Bob Skinner series (2011)
  20. Cover of Funeral Note by Quintin Jardine, book 22 of the Bob Skinner series (2012)
  21. Cover of Pray for the Dying by Quintin Jardine, book 23 of the Bob Skinner series (2013)
  22. Cover of Hour of Darkness by Quintin Jardine, book 24 of the Bob Skinner series (2014)
  23. Cover of Last Resort by Quintin Jardine, book 26 of the Bob Skinner series (2015)
  24. Cover of Private Investigations by Quintin Jardine, book 27 of the Bob Skinner series (2016)
  1. 1
    Skinner's Rules1993 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1993320
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  2. 2
    Skinner's Festival1994 · 310 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1994310
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  3. 3
    Skinner's Trail1994 · 499 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1994499
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  4. 4
    Skinner's Round1995 · 436 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1995436
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  5. 5
    Skinner's Ordeal1996 · 438 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1996438
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  6. 6
    Skinner's Mission1997 · 406 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1997406
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  7. 7
    Skinner's Ghosts1998 · 416 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1998416
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  8. 8
    Murmuring the Judges1998 · 407 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1998407
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  9. 10
    Thursday Legends2000 · 407 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2000407
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  10. 11
    Autographs in the Rain2001 · 448 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2001448
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  11. 12
    Head Shot2002 · 403 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2002403
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  12. 13
    Fallen Gods2003 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2003320
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  13. 14
    Stay of Execution2004 · 480 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2004480
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  14. 15
    Lethal Intent2005 · 416 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2005416
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  15. 16
    Dead and Buried2006 · 480 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2006480
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  16. 17
    Death's Door2007 · 416 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2007416
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  17. 18
    Aftershock2008 · 384 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2008384
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  18. 19
    Fatal Last Words2009 · confirmed 2/4
    2009–
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  19. 20
    A Rush of Blood2010 · confirmed 2/4
    2010–
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  20. 21
    Grievous Angel2011 · 409 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2011409
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  21. 22
    Funeral Note2012 · 385 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2012385
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  22. 23
    Pray for the Dying2013 · 408 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2013408
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  23. 24
    Hour of Darkness2014 · 425 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2014425
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  24. 25
    A Hint of Death2014 · confirmed 2/4
    2014–
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  25. 26
    Last Resort2015 · 416 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2015416
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  26. 27
    Private Investigations2016 · confirmed 2/4
    2016–
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  27. 28
    Game Over2017 · confirmed 2/4
    2017–
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  28. 29
    State Secrets2017 · 400 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2017400
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  29. 30
    Skinner's Elves2017 · confirmed 2/4
    2017–
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  30. 31
    A Brush with Death2018 · 416 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2018416
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  31. 32
    Cold Case2018 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2018320
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  32. 33
    The Bad Fire2019 · 400 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2019400
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  33. 34
    The Roots of Evil2020 · 400 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2020400
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  34. 35
    Deadlock2021 · confirmed 2/4
    2021–
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  35. 36
    Open Season2022 · confirmed 2/4
    2022–
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  36. 37
    The Cage2023 · confirmed 2/4
    2023–
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  37. 38
    Secrets and Lies2024 · confirmed 2/4
    2024–
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  38. 39
    Dead Man’s Tale: the thrilling new crime novel in the acclaimed Bob Skinner series2026 · 384 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2026384
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Bob Skinner Books in Chronological Order

By publication date, the Bob Skinner books run from Skinner's Rules (1993) to Dead Man’s Tale: the thrilling new crime novel in the acclaimed Bob Skinner series (2026), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Bob Skinner in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.

Do you have to read Bob Skinner books in order?

You should read the Bob Skinner books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Bob Skinner book also stands alone.

Where to start with Bob Skinner

Start with Skinner's Rules (1993), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Bob Skinner book?

Dead Man’s Tale: the thrilling new crime novel in the acclaimed Bob Skinner series (2026) is the newest Bob Skinner book released so far.

Is there a new Bob Skinner book coming?

No next Bob Skinner book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Bob Skinner at a glance

Still running
Bob Skinner is still running, with a title published as recently as 2026.
Release pace
Bob Skinner books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
11,756 pages across the 29 of 39 books with a recorded length, a median of 407 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Bob Skinner books, 14 of 39, were published in the 2010s.

What the Bob Skinner books are about

28 of the 39 Bob Skinner books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: police is tagged on 22 of 28. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by Quintin Jardine

The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.