As Bob Skinner takes an evening stroll with a gorgeous filmstar on his arm, surely the worst of his worries is that back at Headquarters, an ambitious new colleague is scheming to enlarge his territory at Skinner's expense. But when a frightening shot-gun attack sends Skinner and his old flame Louise Banks diving for cover, it seems danger has zeroed in on him once again...
In this ninth Bob Skinner mystery, the Deputy Chief Constable is tied to a desk job because his boss has recently suffered a heart attack. With murder and terrorism to contend with his time at the desk will be short-lived.
An armed robbery trial takes a dramatic turn at Edinburgh's Parliament House. While the lawyers tussle over a policeman's evidence, the judge collapses in agony. As the wave of robberies continues, it seems that Lord Archergait is not the only judge under threat.
Deputy Chief Constable Bob Skinner believes the past is behind him when he solves the riddle of his wife's death. Investigating another murder should be easy. However, when the victim is the widow of a government minister and her son has been kidnapped, he knows he will get personally involved.
When an Edinburgh car showroom is torched, leaving a fortune in luxury sports cars destroyed and one badly charred body, Skinner finds himself on the same side as a man he's been trying to nail while they both search for the man's wife's killer.
