James McCrone - BASTARD VERDICT available for sale everywhere on May 18, 2023and through Cloak & Dagger/Bookshop.org "Tense, timely...and timeless thrillers!..."
Bastard Verdict, by James McCrone
YOU DON'T NEED TO WIN, JUST DON'T LOSE In politics, people cheat to win, or because they're afraid to lose. The difference can be deadly. Imogen will risk what's left of her standing, her career--and maybe her life--to get at the truth.
A second referendum on independence looms, and a Scottish official enlists elections specialist Imogen Trager, a by-the-numbers, if rarely by-the-book investigator, to look into irregularities in the 2014 Scottish Independence referendum. Imogen uncovers a trail of criminal self-dealing, cover-ups, and murder leading to the highest levels of power. None but a very few know the truth. And those few need it to stay hidden at any cost.
High stakes and low politics.
EARLY REVIEWS are in!
“Bastard Verdict is a gripping and explosive political thriller.
Set in the aftermath of the Scottish Independence Referendum of 2014, it investigates many of the questions raised in Scotland at the time and still not answered.” – Lin Anderson, author of the new Party House, and the Rhona MacLeod mysteries
“Once again James McCrone has created a political thriller as fresh as tomorrow’s headlines. McCrone gets my vote. Maybe even two votes. Three if no one is looking.”
— Tom Straw, author of seven New York Times bestsellers as Richard Castle.
“A slow-burn thriller that really pays off!” – Independent Book Review
“Set in the long shadow of the Scottish independence referendum, if you like your ‘what if’, political thrillers doused in dirty deeds and mired in murder - this is for you.” – Gordon J Brown, author of No More Games
“An intriguing, crime-filled plot, in a compelling thriller that leaves readers desperate to know what will happen next.” —BookTrib/Abigail White
“A fast-paced, political thriller and whodunit with an all too believable conclusion – probably more fact than fiction!" —Andrew James Greig, author of Whirligig and the new Song of Winter. CWA New Blood Dagger Longlist and McIlvanney Best Scottish Crime Novel Finalist
"Ferocious Scottish politics through the eyes of intrepid FBI agent Imogen Treager. This is James McCrone at his thrilling best!” - Stephen Mack Jones, the August Snow thrillers
“McCrone weaves a powerful story, embracing contemplative reflections, social and political realizations and fear." —D. Donovan, Midwest Book Review
“An utterly absorbing thriller.” —Grab This Book
“McCrone's deft prose and sharp characters make Bastard Verdict a must-read political thriller.” — Richie Narvaez, award-winning author of Hipster Death Rattle
“An intricately planned plot with growing tension. The more Imogen Trager uncovers, the less trust she has for those around her. – US Review of Books
"McCrone masterfully introduces the tools of a data sleuth while spinning a taut thriller full of thugs, crooked, power-hungry pols, bureaucrats and dead bodies." — Jim Nesbitt, award-winning author of the Dallas PI Ed Earl Burch thrillers
"A satisfyingly twisty story." –Fiona Erskine, author of The Chemical Detective
All McCrone's books are available wherever books (and eBooks) are sold:
For more information about, and reviews for, the #FaithlessElector series, click REVIEWS
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