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Skinner's Round

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The supporting characters are interesting and well developed. Sense of place is well done and I even found the golf interesting. The side story was particularly effective. What put me off to the point of almost not finishing the book is the character is Skinner-he is just too perfect. He is the perfect husband, lover, marksman; he's an excellent golfer, physically strong, capable, and well respected by both his reports and his bosses. He only showed a slight in which relationship with his daughter and her boyfriend, but even that works out as you know it will. I don't necessarily need the angst of Rebus, but a character a little more human would be easier to take. And it's a same, but underneath it all is a very good police procedural. Get past Skinner and read this book, and the series, for the story.

I was shocked to find that not a single word of praise has been written, not just for this wonderful book, but for the whole series! Worse, most of the rest of the series are already out of print! And if you have not read these books I do highly recommend that you start with "Skinner's Rules" and work your way through them. While good, this book is not the best in the Bob Skinner series. In this book we find Skinner almost complacent in his successful career and family life. Only near the end does the tough-as-nails street cop flash out from behind the civility. As a style these "police procedurals" are first rate mysteries, the "Skinner" series among the best of the lot. I highly recommend them as being as good as Robert B. Parker's "Spenser" novels.