Released prematurely from prison, Cafferty proves he has lost non of guile. DI Rebus is forced to tread the darker side of city life. Scotland s independence brings with is power and money. Where the stakes are high there is much to play for. Skeletons are unearthed on a building site and Detective Inspector John Rebus finds himself investigating.
Stakes are high.
This new chapter in Scotland's history acts as a catalyst for corruption. Ambition and power, 'the devil's quilted arrow', smoulder beneath the surface of this city of darkness. The city itself inspires. On every page of this long and complex book reference is made to Edinburgh and its surrounding districts. A city of contrasts, we travel freely between a world of grey tenement buildings and the fine houses of Ravelstein Dykes.