DCC Bob Skinner has a failed marriage on his hands and a death on hisconscience but little time to deal with either as he faces the biggestchallenge of his care... » 

DCC Bob Skinner has a failed marriage on his hands and a death on hisconscience but little time to deal with either as he faces the biggestchallenge of his career within the secret corridors where dark power iswielded. As his hunt develops he goes to the very top the Prime Minister lest he himself becomes collateral damage. Meanwhile back in EdinburghSkinners daughter is being harassed by a stalker. Can he protect her? Abookmaker has taken one gamble too many and paid his debt in a gruesomefashion. Is it an underworld vendetta or something more sinister? Alongside itall a casual call to the Chief Constable sets him on a personal crusade whichquickly points to a bigamist at work. Or is it worse? Four crimes four crisescan Skinner and his people solve them? Indeed can they survive them? «