title: Irrefutable Evidence
author: C. N. Winters
description: "...an exploration of trust...it is this object lesson that resonates long after the plot twists evanesce." -- <i>Lynne Maxwell - Lambda Book Report, May 2004</i><br /><br />Complex, smart drama filled with intrigue and intricate layersExperience CN's world and be prepared for an invigorating reading experience. -- <i>Entertainment Magazine - Bridget Petrella, UpBeat Online</i>
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  **_Acknowledgements_**
  
  
  My thanks to the following for their time and patience: Dave Anderson, John
  Ashworth, Gary Cable, Scott Chilton, Martin Chudley, Deborah Cook, Roly
  Dumont, Diana Franklin, Mark Hall, Alan Hunter, Liz Harkin, Andy Harrington,
  Simon Hodgekin, Richard John, Dean Juster, Tina Lowe, Terry Lowe, Bruce Marr,
  Teresa Norton, Paul O’Brien, Rosie Rae, Matthias Reiss, Tony Tipping, Danielle
  Stoakes, Wayne Tommans-Parker, Doug Utting, Alyson West.
  
  
  Simon Spanton, my editor, loyally supported Paul Winter’s trek into the
  fictional unknown while my wife, Lin, kept him from his worst excesses. Winter
  owes them both.
  
  
  
  
  
  **_Afterwards_**
  
  
  A DNA swab from the post-mortem on Mo Sturrock provided a perfect match with
  the scene sample preserved for Operation _Sangster_. Faraday got the news
  personally from Willard. His call found Faraday in the Bargemaster’s House.
  Pending a decision on whether he really wanted to resign or not, he’d been
  granted what Willard had been careful 