Crime fiction will come face to face with science fact on the evening of 5th June as the work of local crime writer Stuart MacBride is put under the microscope by a group of real-life CSIs.

The Macaulay Land Use Research Institute is inviting you to delve into the science behind fictional crime when it presents, Murder, Mystery & Microscopes.

Tickets are now available for the evening during which local author Stuart MacBride will read out extracts from his Logan McRae crime novels, whilst three of the country’s top forensic experts will be on hand to reveal the science behind these stories.

Separating crime fiction from crime fact will be forensics expert Professor Dave Barclay from The Robert Gordon University, Dr Lorna Dawson, Head of Soil Forensic Science at the Macaulay Land Use Research Institute, and Dr James Grieve, Senior Lecturer at the Department of Pathology at the University of Aberdeen and a Police Forensic Pathologist.

Dr Lorna Dawson of the Macaulay Land Use Research Institute explains: “The ‘Murder, Mystery and Microscopes’ event aims to inform and entertain people about the science behind fictional crime by bringing together crime authors and forensic experts. We hope to provoke some captivating conversations, intrigue, amuse and enlighten everyone who attends.”

Murder, Mystery and Microscopes will be an un-missable evening for fans of crime fiction and crime dramas as well as those with an interest in forensic science

The event, being held at the Macaulay Land Use Research Institute in Craigibuckler, Aberdeen is part of the Institute’s Open Doors Event which sees the world renowned research facilities, laboratories and grounds being open to the public for a family fun day on Saturday 6th June. Tickets for the Murder, Mystery & Microscopes event are now available priced at £5 for adults and £3 for concessions and must be purchased in advance by contacting 01224 395277 or murdermystery@macaulay.ac.uk

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Information for Editors

The Macaulay Land Use Research Institute was founded in 1930 and is an international centre for research and consultancy on the environmental and social consequences of rural land uses. With an annual income from research and consultancy of over £11m, the Institute is the largest interdisciplinary research organisation of its kind in Europe, and aims to provide evidence to help shape future environmental and rural-development policy on a national and international basis. For further information, visit www.macaulay.ac.uk .

For further information contact:

Clare Neely

The Macaulay Land Use Research Institute

Craigiebuckler

Aberdeen

AB15 8QH

Tel: 01224 395087

Fax: 01224 395010

http://www.macaulay.ac.uk/