Step aside Inspector Rebus, there’s another crime solver stalking the not so mean streets of Edinburgh’s New Town. This one comes with calculator, accountancy tables and a broken marriage. When Sandy Gray’s father’s murdered body is left In an Edinburgh tourist spot and the police investigation stalls he wants to know the reason why. He enlists the help of his erstwhile and much more worldly-wise friend Billy. Together they share the pursuit that moves the action from Scotland’s Capital to the Border Country. This is a story that keeps the reader guessing and amused right until the end.