Bastard Verdict

<p><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>You don't have to win just don't lose.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>High stakes and low politics combine with deadly effect in the new thriller Bastard Verdict by James McCrone.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>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. </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>Imogen will risk what's left of her standing her career--and maybe her life--to get at the truth.</span></p>