After more than a decade of being in prison for the brutal murder of two Stirling University students Colin Sanderson has been released after his conviction was found to be unsafe. Sanderson refuses police protection even in the face of a death threat. But the PR firm that has scooped him up to sell his story does know of a protection expert in Stirling. They want Connor Fraser. When a body is found mutilated in the same way as Sanderson's victims were all eyes fall on the released man. But how can he be the killer when Connor's own security detail gives him an alibi?

Part of the Connor Fraser series.