Skinner's Round

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.