Sinopse

Rebus comes out of retirement...to save his nemesis. Detective Inspector Siobhan Clarke is feeling the heat. She´s investigating the death of a senior government prosecutor, David Minton, who has friends in high places. When one of their own is killed, the powers that be want answers fast. But Clarke is puzzled: if Minton died in a robbery as everyone thinks, why is nothing missing from his home? The answer may lie not in what was taken, but in what was left behind at the scene -- an ominous note. Malcolm Fox is feeling useless. Shunned by his colleagues because of his past in the Complaints bureau, he´s been reassigned to a grunt detail, helping a surveillance team -- one that trusts him even less than his own boss does -- track a notorious Glasgow crime family. Helping Clarke with the Minton case is the only thing that makes Fox feel like a real cop. Newly minted civilian John Rebus is feeling restless. Being a cop is in his blood and he´s failing miserably at retirement. So when Clarke and Fox ask for his help, Rebus doesn´t need long to consider his options. But before he can get his bearings, a call comes from Rebus´s old nemesis -- "Big Ger" Cafferty. Someone just fired a bullet through his front window -- and sent him a note identical to Minton´s. The normally unflappable old gangster is on edge, but for the life of him Cafferty can´t figure out who he´s wronged. And the only man he trusts with his life is Rebus. As the cases collide, it´s up to Clarke, Fox, and Reb

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