On an innocent walk, DI McLean passes by a house that not only he know well, but also, the whole police murder procedure is present. One of the wealthiest men of the city is found dead and it wasn't what we can call a peaceful death. Inspector chief Duguid is in charge and means to stay the only one that way, so McLean goes his way.
Tomorrow morning, he's called for a not really ordinary crime scene, a young woman is laying mutilitaed and crucified in what looks like a ritual sacrifice. The body dates from the last century.
Soon enough, the number of bodies skyrockets and lots of questions remain without answers.

The story starts off well enough, we get to meet lots of characters, the team is great and there's a lot of sarcasm, but then, it starts dragging, and as I mentionned, there were a lot of victims, something that distracted me a little from the case.

But nevertheless, I did enjoy this reading, being my first James Oswald, I am willing to give the second book in the series a try!