DI John Rebus is on the paper trail of a WWll war criminal...until the running battle between two rival gangs on the city streets arrives at his door.A Chechen gangster is running prostitutes out of Bosnia via Tommy Teffoird a Glaswegian upstart muscling in on Edinburgh territory When his own daughter is the victim of a hit and run Rebus is forced to acknowledge that therse is nothing he wouldnt do to bring down prime suspect Tommy Telford-even if it means cutting.

DI John Rebus is on the paper trail of a WWII war criminal...until the running battle between two rival gangs on the city streets arrives at his door.A Chechen gangster is running prostitutes out of Bosnia via Tommy Telford, a Glaswegian upstart muscling in on Edinburgh territory.When his own daughter is the victim of a hit and run Rebus is forced to acknowledge that there is nothing he wouldn't do to bring down prime suspect Tommy Telford-even if it means cutting a deal with the devil.