Unsafe Acts - Softcover

Kirton, Bill

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1479143340 ISBN 13: 9781479143344

Publisher: Createspace Independent Pub, 2012

Synopsis

An offshore platform in the turbulent North Sea is a dangerous place... ...there’s the isolation, the machinery and the constant battle with the whims of nature. For Ally Baxter, a safety officer on Falcon Alpha, those whims take an odd turn. When his workmates decide he’s gay, an evening ashore turns ugly as they indulge in queer-bashing, and later his body is found along the route the group followed. For DCI Jack Carston, the case seems simple enough until a second murder is discovered, this time it’s the prostitute Ally always visited—a young mother with a baby son. Complications mount as Carston must deal with an inexperienced officer under his command and a disciplinary charge brought against Carston himself by a vindictive superior officer. The obstacles pile up and combine to get in the way of his investigations, just as he uncovers evidence of a plot to wreck the platform itself

About this title

About the Author:

Bill Kirton was born in Plymouth, England but has lived in Aberdeen Scotland for most of his life. He’s been a university lecturer, presented TV programmes, written and performed songs and sketches at the Edinburgh Festival, and had many radio plays broadcast by the BBC and the Australian BC. He’s written four books on study and writing skills in Pearson’s ‘Brilliant’ series and his crime novels, Material Evidence, Rough Justice, The Darkness, Shadow Selves, and the historical novel The Figurehead, set in Aberdeen in 1840, have been published in the UK and USA. His most recent publication from Pfoxmoor is a hilarious satire of the spy and crime genres, The Sparrow Conundrum. His short stories have appeared in several anthologies and Love Hurts was chosen for the Mammoth Book of Best British Crime 2010. Two of his books have won awards. The Sparrow Conundrum was the winner of the ‘Humor’ category in the 2011 Forward National Literature Awards and The Darkness was second in the ‘Mystery’ category. His website is http://www.bill-kirton.co.uk and his blog’s at http://www.livingwritingandotherstuff.blogspot.com/

About this edition

• Publisher: Createspace Independent Pub
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1479143340
• ISBN 13: 9781479143344
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 235