Inspector Tony McLean is a detective in Edinburgh. A body is found in a derelict house - the murder has taken place over fifty years ago and seems to be a ritualistic killing. At the same time some very high profile Edinburgh residents are being killed and there is a spate of unusual suicides. Tony also has to investigate a series of burglaries at the homes of people who have recently died and who had burglar alarms fitted by the same company. While all this is going on he's also dealing with the death of a loved one. Can he solve the cold case? Are all the cases linked? Can he stop sticking his nose in everybody else's cases and upsetting his superiors? Great thriller with a touch of the supernatural thrown in.