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“Forensic evidence is an art like black magic; ‘facts’ are determined by interpretation. Or misinterpretation.” A Long Time Dead asks is forensic evidence incontrovertible? How would you feel if forensic evidence incorrectly incriminated you? And how would you prove it wrong? In the world of crime scene investigation, Roger Conniston is one of West Yorkshire Police’s finest. Yet even he has secrets. When forensic evidence implicates him in the death of a young woman, the secrets emerge, and Conniston is damned. Arrested for murder, Conniston must show the evidence was manipulated and planted. But how can he do that from inside a cell, especially when his prime suspect is a high-ranking police officer, and not even his friends believe him? A Long Time Dead is the first book in The Dead Trilogy, a series of procedural crime thrillers featuring Scenes of Crime Officer Roger Conniston. It is predominantly set in present-day Wakefield, a small city in Northern England, and is approximately 92,000 words, about 330 pages.