Description
It's a bitter winter in Edinburgh, and Rebus has found himself wrapped in a case that Provides more questions than answers.
Was Lord Provost's daughter kidnapped or a runaway? Why is a city councillor shredding documents that should have been destroyed years ago? And more importantly, why has Rebus been invited to a pigeon shoot at the home of the Scottish Office's Permanent secretary? Rebus must contend with the fact that in modern Scotland, some of his enemies may be beyond justice...