Q 01/05

Quintin Jardine was born in, and still supports the football club of, which Lanarkshire town?

A) Hamilton

B) Motherwell

C) Airdrie

D) Wishaw

Answer · why

B) Motherwell

Jardine began his working life as a trainee journalist on the Motherwell Times in 1964, long before his first novel appeared in 1993.

Q 02/05

What was the title of Quintin Jardine's debut novel, published in 1993?

A) Skinner's Trail

B) Skinner's Festival

C) Skinner's Rules

D) Skinner's Ordeal

Answer · why

C) Skinner's Rules

Jardine only settled on writing as a career after that 1993 debut, having previously been a journalist, government press officer and media consultant.

Q 03/05

Quintin Jardine's Bob Skinner novels are set mainly in which Scottish city?

A) Glasgow

B) Aberdeen

C) Edinburgh

D) Dundee

Answer · why

C) Edinburgh

The Bob Skinner series is primarily set in Edinburgh, providing a distinct Scottish backdrop for the police investigations.

Q 04/05

Quintin Jardine's second series hero, Oz Blackstone, is based in which city?

A) Glasgow

B) London

C) Manchester

D) Dublin

Answer · why

B) London

Blackstone's Pursuits opened the nine-book run in 1996; unlike the Skinner books, the series left Scotland for the capital.

Q 05/05

Which 1996 novel introduced Oz, the hero of Quintin Jardine's second series?

A) A Coffin for Two

B) Wearing Purple

C) Screen Savers

D) Blackstone's Pursuits

Answer · why

D) Blackstone's Pursuits

Nine Oz books followed between 1996 and 2005, ending with For the Death of Me.