The body of a murdered woman is found washed up on Cramond Island near the mouth of the River Forth. Days later detectives are called to a flat in Edinburgh; the kitchen is covered in blood and the occupier is missing. When the name of the woman from Cramond Island is revealed it stirs unwelcome memories for those who knew her Chief Constable Bob Skinner most of all. Now based in Glasgow he has no reason to become involved in the linked cases. Yet he does unwittingly setting in motion a course that will lead him into a personal nightmare and the toughest choice of his life...

Part of the Bob Skinner Series series.