Julie Bryson and rookie detective Andy Green once again aid Scottish detective Bob Burns. When Andy becomes the unwitting recipient of a drop of £100000 in used notes the trio become enmeshed in a web of murder intrigue and Caledonian skulduggery as the action shifts to Sicily New York and a remote Hebridean island. The arrival of a Sicilian blacksmith as the island’s new laird leads to some hilarious misunderstandings as the line between the good and bad guys becomes increasingly blurred. After many a Highland shenanigan the mystery is finally solved … or is it?

Part of the Bob Burns series.