Best selling author Paul Munro apparently has it all, but his comfortable life is about to be shattered. Returning to Edinburgh from wintering at his villa on an island in the Aegean, where he has completed his latest book, Paul discovers that his wife has brutally attacked her ex-husband in a flat the city's red-light district. As her case is investigated, Ruth's shocking past is gradually revealed. Meanwhile, recovering from his injuries in hospital Ben is plotting a terrible revenge, and nobody who stands in his way will be spared.Rod MacDonald's compelling first novel carries on the great tradition of Edinburgh crime thrillers.