Skinner is on the trail of organised crime and a cold-blooded killer in this third novel. First the joyous birth of Skinner's son, then the grim reality of murder in one of Edinburgh's prosperous suburbs. A man has been found knifed in a luxury villa. The victim had run a chain of laundrettes, saunas and pubs throughout the city, but for some time the police suspected these to be the front for a drug distribution network. Moving from Scotland to northern Spain, then back to a chilling climax in Edinburgh, this complex thriller follows a tortuous and bloodsoaked trail.