No good deed goes unpunished When a police raid in Edinburgh goes horribly wrong the only silver lining for Inspector Tony Mc Lean is a discovery that could lead to a long-lost girl from his early days on the beat Haunted by the mystery of what happened to her Mc Lean begins to dig into a case he thought long buried But the shadows of the past are soon eclipsed by crimes in the present as a series of strange & gruesome deaths shock the city As Mc Lean's investigation draws him ever deeper into the upper echelons of Edinburgh society it will not only be his career on the line
- but his life as well Praise for James Oswald ' The new Ian Rankin' Daily Record ' Oswald's writing is in a class above' Express ' Creepy gritty & gruesome' Sunday Mirror