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 seems reluctant to become involved. As more strange things happen, 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 will reach to the highest areas of government.

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

“In Moot, truth is woven beautifully yet uncomfortably with falsity but you’ll have to trust me when I say read the book, unpick the lies, learn the truth, find the reckoning.’

Jim C Mackintosh, Poet