Sir Robert Skinner's stock is rising - after retiring from the
police service he's been promoted to head an international media
organisation. Yet a series of unexplained deaths on his home turf
in Scotland threaten to bring him crashing back down to earth.
As Skinner helps the elderly in his local community, several
residents seem to die of natural causes. But when a gruesome
discovery is made in a Glasgow flat and one of Skinner's
long-time friends - an aspiring politician - emerges as the prime
suspect, things become very murky indeed.
After unpicking clues that go nowhere, Skinner and his team are
left grappling the most baffling conundrum they have ever
encountered - is there a mystery at all?