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This is the first novel in a crime/mystery series set in a fictional town in north-east Scotland called Cairnburgh. The books feature Detective Chief Inspector Jack Carston, happily married to his photographer wife, Kath, whose good humour and common sense act as a perfect stabilising mechanism which makes him more able to accept the depressing evidence of man's inhumanity to man with which he's constantly confronted in his job.

Stephanie Burnham's mutilated body is discovered by her husband. A chair's overturned, books are scattered around and there are other, more sinister signs of what must have happened. For Carston, newly arrived in Scotland, the case is a conundrum. The evidence points to the husband - the marriage was a sham, they both had lovers - but his alibi is sound.

And there are too many other threads to be followed, not least the mystery of the woman herself. What was she? A high-flying businesswoman or a middle-aged drunken depressive? Sexy or frigid, intelligent or stupid, callous or loving? It seems to depend on who's answering his questions. To solve the mystery of her death, Carston first needs to find out who she was.

In his review of Material Evidence, the critic of the Press and Journal wrote: 'The story concerns murder and adultery in the Aberdeen commuter town of Cairnburgh. But who did what to whom? That's what DCI Carston has to unravel. Fine Rendellian touches and a structure and depth that is rare in a first book make this a cracking page-turner. The denouement, when it comes, will shake you.'


About the Author: Bill Kirton was a university lecturer in French before taking early retirement to become a full-time writer. He's won two 2011 Forward National Literature Awards - 'The Sparrow Conundrum' was the overall winner of the Humor category and 'The Darkness' was runner up in the Mystery category. His historical mystery, 'The Figurehead', was long-listed for the 2012 Rubery Book Awards. His radio plays have been broadcast on BBC Radio 3 and 4 and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. His stage plays have been performed in Aberdeen, Edinburgh and the USA and he's been visiting artist at the Theater Department of the University of Rhode Island on four separate occasions. Material from his Edinburgh Festival revues was broadcast on the BBC, ITV and French television. He's also been a TV presenter, voice-over artist and a Royal Literary Fund Writing Fellow at the Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, and the universities of Dundee and St Andrews. His published novels are set in the north east of Scotland. 'Material Evidence', 'Rough Justice', the award-winning 'The Darkness', 'Shadow Selves' and 'Unsafe Acts' all feature DCI Jack Carston. 'The Figurehead' is a historical novel set in Aberdeen in 1840. The award-winning 'The Sparrow Conundrum', is a spoof spy/crime novel also set in Scotland and his novella, 'Alternative Dimension' is a satirical fantasy about online role-playing. He has also written a novel for children, 'The Loch Ewe Mystery'. His short stories have appeared in the Crime Writers' Association annual anthology in 1999, 2005 and 2006. Another was chosen as one of the 'Best British Crime Stories, Vol. 7', a 2010 anthology edited by Maxim Jacubowski. His non-fiction output includes 'Just Write', co-written with Kathleen McMillan, 'Brilliant Study Skills', 'Brilliant Essay', 'Brilliant Dissertation', 'Brilliant Workplace Skills' and 'Brilliant Academic Writing'.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780957561519
  • Publisher: Bill Kirton
  • Publisher Imprint: Bill Kirton
  • Height: 216 mm
  • No of Pages: 302
  • Series Title: Jack Carston Mysteries
  • Weight: 385 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0957561512
  • Publisher Date: 19 Oct 2015
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Spine Width: 17 mm
  • Width: 140 mm

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