Gus Dury once had a high-flying career as a journalist & a wife he adored. But now he is living on the edge a drink away from Edinburghs down-&-outs drifting from bar to bar trying not to sign divorce papers. But the road takes an unexpected turn when a friend asks him to investigate the brutal torture & killing of his son & Gus becomes embroiled in a much bigger story of political corruption & illegal people-trafficking. Seedy doss-houses bleak wastelands & sudden violence contrast with the cobbled streets & cool bistros of fashionable Edinburgh as the puzzle unravels to a truly shocking ending.