A series of seemingly random disappearances
- stretching back to the millennium. A mother determined to find the truth. A retired cop desperate to get his old life back.. . It's been some time since Rebus was forced to retire & he now works as a civilian in a cold-case unit. So when a long-dead case bursts back to life he can't resist the opportunity to get his feet under the CID desk once more. But Rebus is as stubborn & anarchic as ever & he quickly finds himself in deep with pretty much everyone including DI Siobhan Clarke. All Rebus wants to do is uncover the truth. The big question is: can he be the man he once was & still stay on the right side of the law?