Stuart McQuarrie

Mark a toujours des doutes au sujet de Sophie, alors il décide de s'inscrire dans une salle de sport. De son côté, Jeremy décide d'y trouver un emploi après que Mark ait aperçu son ex-femme Nancy.

Rebus finds himself drawn towards a cold case after a prostitute is buried alive beneath a famous Scottish landmark, but finds himself stonewalled when his prime suspect turns out to be a member of parliament – forcing his superiors to draft in a fellow DI to rein him in.