{"title":"Robert L Skidmore","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"day-the-mountain-cried-book-robert-l-skidmore-9780595310333","title":"The Day The Mountain Cried","description":"A tropical storm named Jason transforms Chief Deputy Conor Gifford's peaceful October evening into a veritable hell. Jason unleases hurricane strength winds and horizontal rain on an unprepared Loudoun County. Under the cover of Jason's wrath, a killer strikes five times in six short hours. His victims include a world famous billionaire, a high tech millionaire, a local developer, a simple realtor and the Chairman of the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors. Gifford, the Chief of the Loudoun Sheriff Department's Investigative Division, and his ten man detective squad confront a serial killer who leaves few clues. After determining that the five murders are linked, Gifford and his detectives have to fend off the FBI's inept attempt to manage their investigation. This brings Gifford into direct conflict with a former girl friend, the beautiful but ambitious Inspector Tracey Schultz. Charlotte Peters, the sexy widow of one of the victims, knows more than she tells. Before Gifford can master the complex case, the killer takes another victim, a local judge. Despite the media pressure and complicated mix of personal relationships, Gifford finally uncovers the one clue that lets him identify the killer. Robert L Skidmore is the author of fourteen novels.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":51004585246993,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51004588261649,"sku":"NIN9780595310333","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52143126970641,"sku":"NLS9780595310333","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0595310338.jpg?v=1751136948"},{"product_id":"pay-or-pray-book-robert-l-skidmore-9781463423704","title":"Pay or Pray","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":51097822593297,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51097825280273,"sku":"NIN9781463423704","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52128404406545,"sku":"NLS9781463423704","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1463423705.jpg?v=1751306605"},{"product_id":"pay-or-pray-book-robert-l-skidmore-9781463423698","title":"Pay or Pray","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":51097860669713,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51097864896785,"sku":"NIN9781463423698","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52148855374097,"sku":"NLS9781463423698","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1463423691.jpg?v=1750859625"},{"product_id":"jealous-mistress-with-a-hubris-problem-book-robert-l-skidmore-9780595515035","title":"The Jealous Mistress with a Hubris Problem","description":"On an early November morning, a killer strikes, his victim a prominent member of Congress. Before investigators identify the perpetrator, a second congressman dies. Both men were members of a sensitive oversight committee, the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. When it becomes evident that a serial killer is targeting that select group, the president approves the acting FBI director's recommendation that they appoint a task force to manage the investigation. The FBI director selects an old friend, Inspector Conor Gifford, the Chief of the Office of Special Investigations of the Virginia State Police, to command the task force, hoping that an outsider will divert the growing media outrage away from her besieged agency. Before the pursuers come to grips with the case, a third victim, a committee staffer dies. Gifford learns that the victims were responsible for creating the situation that resulted in their deaths. His case grows more complicated when he discovers that a second killer is operating within the chaos created by the first.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":51119188312337,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51119191687441,"sku":"NIN9780595515035","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52139074191633,"sku":"NLS9780595515035","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0595515037.jpg?v=1751167976"},{"product_id":"jealous-mistress-with-a-hubris-problem-book-robert-l-skidmore-9780595619344","title":"The Jealous Mistress with a Hubris Problem","description":"On an early November morning, a killer strikes, his victim a prominent member of Congress. Before investigators identify the perpetrator, a second congressman dies. Both men were members of a sensitive oversight committee, the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. When it becomes evident that a serial killer is targeting that select group, the president approves the acting FBI director's recommendation that they appoint a task force to manage the investigation. The FBI director selects an old friend, Inspector Conor Gifford, the Chief of the Office of Special Investigations of the Virginia State Police, to command the task force, hoping that an outsider will divert the growing media outrage away from her besieged agency. Before the pursuers come to grips with the case, a third victim, a committee staffer dies. Gifford learns that the victims were responsible for creating the situation that resulted in their deaths. His case grows more complicated when he discovers that a second killer is operating within the chaos created by the first.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":51119193686289,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51119197454609,"sku":"NIN9780595619344","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52125788963089,"sku":"NLS9780595619344","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0595619347.jpg?v=1751136175"},{"product_id":"silicon-wizards-book-robert-l-skidmore-9780759685093","title":"The Silicon Wizards","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":51137470497041,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51137473675537,"sku":"NIN9780759685093","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52401686282513,"sku":"NLS9780759685093","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0759685096.jpg?v=1751106507"},{"product_id":"hollow-men-of-capitol-hill-book-robert-l-skidmore-9781403304964","title":"The Hollow Men of Capitol Hill","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":51183585132817,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51183587623185,"sku":"NIN9781403304964","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52353661042961,"sku":"NLS9781403304964","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1403304963.jpg?v=1750793908"},{"product_id":"hollow-men-of-capitol-hill-book-robert-l-skidmore-9781403304957","title":"The Hollow Men of Capitol Hill","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":51183592112401,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51183594602769,"sku":"NIN9781403304957","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52353150746897,"sku":"NLS9781403304957","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1403304955.jpg?v=1750756129"},{"product_id":"private-spy-book-robert-l-skidmore-9781481758987","title":"The Private Spy","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":51204842258705,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51204843372817,"sku":"NIN9781481758987","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52141870940433,"sku":"NLS9781481758987","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1481758985.jpg?v=1751372893"},{"product_id":"private-spy-book-robert-l-skidmore-9781481758970","title":"The Private Spy","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51204880433425,"sku":"NIN9781481758970","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52141868712209,"sku":"NLS9781481758970","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1481758977.jpg?v=1751273556"},{"product_id":"distracting-splat-at-the-eiffel-book-robert-l-skidmore-9780595269235","title":"The Distracting Splat at the Eiffel","description":"In the shadow of the Eiffel Tower, an assassin's bullet strikes James Styles just two weeks before the Democratic Party names his spouse Vice President Harriet Styles its candidate for the Presidency. The task of apprehending the shooter falls to Richard Thatcher, the Director of the FBI, and Thatcher dispatches his protege Barbara Collins to Paris to lead the investigation. Barbara's quest takes her to the edge of the Arabian Peninsula then back to Paris where she uncovers evidence that suggests a domestic American plot. Candidate Harriet Styles mounts a bitter campaign that condemns the FBI for its failure to apprehend the terrorist assassin. Thatcher, determined to protect his embattled agency, mounts a parallel investigation. A sympathetic American public elects the grieving widow to the highest office in the land. Before the inauguration, Thatcher identifies the shooter and in doing so shakes the very foundations of the American political system.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":51211937972497,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51211940331793,"sku":"NIN9780595269235","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52130979774737,"sku":"NLS9780595269235","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0595269230.jpg?v=1751104589"},{"product_id":"distracting-splat-at-the-eiffel-book-robert-l-skidmore-9780595656370","title":"The Distracting Splat at the Eiffel","description":"In the shadow of the Eiffel Tower, an assassin's bullet strikes James Styles just two weeks before the Democratic Party names his spouse Vice President Harriet Styles its candidate for the Presidency. The task of apprehending the shooter falls to Richard Thatcher, the Director of the FBI, and Thatcher dispatches his protege Barbara Collins to Paris to lead the investigation. Barbara's quest takes her to the edge of the Arabian Peninsula then back to Paris where she uncovers evidence that suggests a domestic American plot. Candidate Harriet Styles mounts a bitter campaign that condemns the FBI for its failure to apprehend the terrorist assassin. Thatcher, determined to protect his embattled agency, mounts a parallel investigation. A sympathetic American public elects the grieving widow to the highest office in the land. Before the inauguration, Thatcher identifies the shooter and in doing so shakes the very foundations of the American political system.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":51222912303377,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51222912598289,"sku":"NIN9780595656370","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52150140207377,"sku":"NLS9780595656370","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0595656374.jpg?v=1750943851"},{"product_id":"day-the-mountain-cried-book-robert-l-skidmore-9780595662470","title":"The Day The Mountain Cried","description":"A tropical storm named Jason transforms Chief Deputy Conor Gifford's peaceful October evening into a veritable hell. Jason unleases hurricane strength winds and horizontal rain on an unprepared Loudoun County. Under the cover of Jason's wrath, a killer strikes five times in six short hours. His victims include a world famous billionaire, a high tech millionaire, a local developer, a simple realtor and the Chairman of the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors. Gifford, the Chief of the Loudoun Sheriff Department's Investigative Division, and his ten man detective squad confront a serial killer who leaves few clues. After determining that the five murders are linked, Gifford and his detectives have to fend off the FBI's inept attempt to manage their investigation. This brings Gifford into direct conflict with a former girl friend, the beautiful but ambitious Inspector Tracey Schultz. Charlotte Peters, the sexy widow of one of the victims, knows more than she tells. Before Gifford can master the complex case, the killer takes another victim, a local judge. Despite the media pressure and complicated mix of personal relationships, Gifford finally uncovers the one clue that lets him identify the killer. Robert L Skidmore is the author of fourteen novels.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51247682421009,"sku":"NIN9780595662470","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52143224815889,"sku":"NLS9780595662470","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0595662471.jpg?v=1751294518"},{"product_id":"gods-are-talking-book-robert-l-skidmore-9780595444366","title":"The Gods Are Talking","description":"A terrorist bomb destroys a corporate jet, and a reluctant Conor Gifford, the Chief of the Office of Special Investigations, is thrust into an investigation that takes him to picturesque but bloody Kashmir where he is greeted with disdain and encouraged to withdraw. With a solitary Indian Special Branch shadow as his only companion, Gif stubbornly ignores the advice and warnings of competing Indian and American investigators and eventually follows a trail that takes him to Karachi, Islamabad and Reston, Virginia. Gif uncovers two vital clues which he turns over to the FBI investigative team. A distracted Gifford eagerly withdraws from the hunt for the bomber and hurries back to Richmond only to have the governor dispatch him to Virginia Beach to join a hunt for a serial killer. Before Gif is able to fully engage with the search for the serial killer, an eccentric billionaire contrives Gif's return to the quest for the bomber. Forced to balance the pressures of two distracting investigations, Gif commutes between Washington, D.C., Richmond, and Virginia Beach until assistance from two unlikely sources lead him two very dissimilar antagonists. Both investigations culminate in one tumultuous weekend.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51284115390737,"sku":"NIN9780595444366","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52334527840529,"sku":"NLS9780595444366","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0595444369.jpg?v=1751360098"},{"product_id":"gods-are-talking-book-robert-l-skidmore-9780595687046","title":"The Gods Are Talking","description":"A terrorist bomb destroys a corporate jet, and a reluctant Conor Gifford, the Chief of the Office of Special Investigations, is thrust into an investigation that takes him to picturesque but bloody Kashmir where he is greeted with disdain and encouraged to withdraw. With a solitary Indian Special Branch shadow as his only companion, Gif stubbornly ignores the advice and warnings of competing Indian and American investigators and eventually follows a trail that takes him to Karachi, Islamabad and Reston, Virginia. Gif uncovers two vital clues which he turns over to the FBI investigative team. A distracted Gifford eagerly withdraws from the hunt for the bomber and hurries back to Richmond only to have the governor dispatch him to Virginia Beach to join a hunt for a serial killer. Before Gif is able to fully engage with the search for the serial killer, an eccentric billionaire contrives Gif's return to the quest for the bomber. Forced to balance the pressures of two distracting investigations, Gif commutes between Washington, D.C., Richmond, and Virginia Beach until assistance from two unlikely sources lead him two very dissimilar antagonists. Both investigations culminate in one tumultuous weekend.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51284117651729,"sku":"NIN9780595687046","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52334489960721,"sku":"NLS9780595687046","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0595687040.jpg?v=1750784135"},{"product_id":"mountain-mystery-fairfax-miasma-book-robert-l-skidmore-9781450246545","title":"Mountain Mystery, Fairfax Miasma","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":51284282474769,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51284284702993,"sku":"NIN9781450246545","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52434994790673,"sku":"NLS9781450246545","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1450246540.jpg?v=1751404627"},{"product_id":"circles-within-circles-book-robert-l-skidmore-9780595344680","title":"Circles Within Circles","description":"In this mystery, the second in a series, curiosity about an old flame leads interim Sheriff Conor Gifford to accept an invitation to participate in a Richmond conference which in turn ensnares him in a dubious investigation at the behest of a lame duck governor. Avaricious speculators, ambitious politicians, conniving bureaucrats and a mysterious internal affairs investigator independently contrive self-serving schemes that merge in a maze of conflicting chaos. Gifford, intent on avoiding the political morass, diligently pursues the killer of a seemingly innocent low-level civil servant and his wife. At stake are high rewards. Competing groups of speculators armed with deliberately planted misinformation anticipate the route of a five billion-dollar bypass, bribe the politicians and hire a conniving local realtor to front for them. Gifford, distracted by the governor's investigator, an old girl friend, now the Commonwealth's Deputy Attorney General, and the ubiquitous realtor, fights jurisdictional challenges and intense political pressure as he works his way through the multi-faceted conundrum with a single-minded determination to identify the killer. Just as he approaches the threshold of success, nature in the form of a devastating snowstorm and a terrorist Red Alert issued by the Department of Homeland Security complicate Gifford's final steps. Robert L Skidmore is the author of fifteen novels.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":51292965765393,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51292967895313,"sku":"NIN9780595344680","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52138708107537,"sku":"NLS9780595344680","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0595344682.jpg?v=1751326583"},{"product_id":"circles-within-circles-book-robert-l-skidmore-9780595671212","title":"Circles Within Circles","description":"In this mystery, the second in a series, curiosity about an old flame leads interim Sheriff Conor Gifford to accept an invitation to participate in a Richmond conference which in turn ensnares him in a dubious investigation at the behest of a lame duck governor. Avaricious speculators, ambitious politicians, conniving bureaucrats and a mysterious internal affairs investigator independently contrive self-serving schemes that merge in a maze of conflicting chaos. Gifford, intent on avoiding the political morass, diligently pursues the killer of a seemingly innocent low-level civil servant and his wife. At stake are high rewards. Competing groups of speculators armed with deliberately planted misinformation anticipate the route of a five billion-dollar bypass, bribe the politicians and hire a conniving local realtor to front for them. Gifford, distracted by the governor's investigator, an old girl friend, now the Commonwealth's Deputy Attorney General, and the ubiquitous realtor, fights jurisdictional challenges and intense political pressure as he works his way through the multi-faceted conundrum with a single-minded determination to identify the killer. Just as he approaches the threshold of success, nature in the form of a devastating snowstorm and a terrorist Red Alert issued by the Department of Homeland Security complicate Gifford's final steps. Robert L Skidmore is the author of fifteen novels.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":51292983656721,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51292985622801,"sku":"NIN9780595671212","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52139368186129,"sku":"NLS9780595671212","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0595671217.jpg?v=1750847630"},{"product_id":"keep-a-happy-ghost-or-none-book-robert-l-skidmore-9780595677177","title":"Keep A Happy Ghost, Or None","description":"Confronted by an election campaign for which he has no heart, Sheriff Conor Gifford moves to Richmond where he joins two old friends, Governor Graham Martin and Attorney General Samantha Darrow. On the very day that he assumes command of his new organization, the Office of Special Investigations, an assassin's bullet kills Martin and Darrow. Shunted aside by the Commander of the State Police who resents the very existence of Gifford's peculiar new organization, Gifford conducts a parallel investigation that leads him into the depths of Virginia politics where he finds himself besieged by politicians of both parties as they maneuver to attain the Commonwealth's highest office. Robert L. Skidmore is the author of sixteen novels.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52145580015889,"sku":"NLS9780595677177","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780595677177.jpg?v=1757594252"},{"product_id":"keep-a-happy-ghost-or-none-book-robert-l-skidmore-9780595395019","title":"Keep A Happy Ghost, Or None","description":"Confronted by an election campaign for which he has no heart, Sheriff Conor Gifford moves to Richmond where he joins two old friends, Governor Graham Martin and Attorney General Samantha Darrow. On the very day that he assumes command of his new organization, the Office of Special Investigations, an assassin's bullet kills Martin and Darrow. Shunted aside by the Commander of the State Police who resents the very existence of Gifford's peculiar new organization, Gifford conducts a parallel investigation that leads him into the depths of Virginia politics where he finds himself besieged by politicians of both parties as they maneuver to attain the Commonwealth's highest office. Robert L. Skidmore is the author of sixteen novels.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52145681269009,"sku":"NLS9780595395019","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780595395019.jpg?v=1757594678"},{"product_id":"city-of-lost-dreams-book-robert-l-skidmore-9780595125968","title":"The City of Lost Dreams","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52148146831633,"sku":"NLS9780595125968","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780595125968.jpg?v=1757602728"},{"product_id":"silicon-wizards-book-robert-l-skidmore-9780759685086","title":"The Silicon Wizards","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52401686085905,"sku":"NLS9780759685086","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":53579138629905,"sku":"NIN9780759685086","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780759685086.jpg?v=1758755500"},{"product_id":"mountain-mystery-fairfax-miasma-book-robert-l-skidmore-9781450246538","title":"Mountain Mystery, Fairfax Miasma","description":"Poppy Gore, a local realtor, discovers the body of a client she had met only once lying on the floor of an isolated cabin on a West Virginia mountaintop with four bullet holes in his chest. Sheriff Billy Jones calls on a fellow law professional, the Chief of the Fairfax Police, who assigns Lieutenant Chase Mansfield of the Criminal Investigations Bureau to the case. The investigation begins with the eccentric Scott family, a clan at war with itself. Mary Scott, the family matriarch, points a finger at Barbara, the tearless widow, and demands that Mansfield arrest the bitch. Barbara indifferently explains that she and Dred Scott, the victim, were legally separated. She denies knowing that Scott had owned a mountain cabin and offers a solid alibi affirmed by a companion, a Russian diplomat with a FBI tail. Before Lieutenant Mansfield can identify the killer, Dred's brother Clayton Scott is murdered in his Fairfax home. High-level corruption, corporate conspiracy, political warfare, and the bitter disintegration of a prominent family greatly complicate the investigation.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":52435248414993,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52435249299729,"sku":"NLS9781450246538","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781450246538.jpg?v=1759182945"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/collections\/author-books-by-robert-l-skidmore.oembed?page=2","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}