The Referendum Murders

Scotland's independence referendum on 18th September 2014 was preceded by a campaign that saw the emergence of a a movement that has no parallel in modern British politics - the YES campaign. This is a fictional political drama, set as a murder mystery, against the background of real events in the final weeks of that campaign.
It is an attempt to capture ordinary Scots becoming extraordinary as they become actors in a great political drama at a unique moment in Scotland's - and Britain's - history, interacting with forces beyond their control, some of which have malign intent..
I have used the Edinburgh and Glesca tongue for much of my dialogue, because many Scots are at least bi-lingual in this respect, and shift easily between their regional variations of Scots and RP. These murders never happened in 2014 - the Referendum campaign was singularly free of violence - but the night after it ended was marked by disgraceful violence in Glasgow's iconic George Square. I have not attempted to depict that - the memory of it is too painful for those who were at the receiving end of it.
But this little book is not history - it's intended as no more than an intelligent whodunit. If it works on that level, and reaches the people I hope will read it, I'll be content.