From the author of Cuddies Strip and Barossa Street comes a new web of intrigue for Bob Kelty to unravel.

July 1939, and 3,500 young men from around the world arrive at Monzie Castle in Perthshire for the third international Rover Scout Moot. In the shadow of looming war the Moot seems to be a last gasp of international friendship and fraternity.

But among them is a murderer.

Bob Kelty discovers a dead body in a burnt-out tent on the edge of the camp. He is immediately suspicious but for some reason the authorities seem reluctant to become involved.

More strange things begin to happen and Bob's suspicions increase. And if the authorities won't look into them, Bob decides he must.

Moot is a novel of manipulation and trickery, murder and conspiracy. Unwittingly, Bob gets drawn deeper and deeper into events he does not understand and cannot control, events which reach to the highest areas of government.

And the question is: when is a murder not a murder?

About the Author
Rob McInroy was born in Crieff, Perthshire and his writing is all based on the Perthshire area, from the 1920s to the 2010s. He has an MA (with distinction) in Creative Writing and a PhD in American Literature, both from the University of Hull. He is the previous winner of four short story competitions (Hissac, ChipLit Fest, Writing Magazine and the Bedford International Writing Competition), and has been shortlisted in a further sixteen. In 2018 he was a winner of the Bradford Literature Festival Northern Noir Crime Novel competition with Cuddies Strip. In 2019, he won the Darling Axe Novel First Page Prize with another novel, Cloudland. He lives in Yorkshire.


Book Information
ISBN 9781917011006
Author Rob McInroy
Format Paperback
Page Count 312
Imprint Ringwood Publishing
Publisher Ringwood Publishing
Dimensions(mm) 198mm * 128mm * 25mm