Every year for 10 years a young woman's body was found in Edinburgh at Christmastime: naked throat slit body washed clean. The final victim Kirsty Summers was Detective Constable Tony McLean's fiancée. But the Christmas Killer made a mistake and McLean put an end to the brutal killing spree. Twelve years later and a fellow prisoner has murdered the Christmas Killer. But with the festive season comes a body; naked washed her throat cut. Is this a copycat killer? Was the wrong man behind bars all this time? Or is there a more sinister explanation? McLean must revisit his most disturbing case and discover what he missed before the killer strikes again....

Part of the Inspector McLean series.