When a person is discovered in the remote depths from the Highlands, DCI Karen Pirie finds herself in the right place at the proper period. Unearthed with someone’s long-buried inheritance, the victim seems to belong to the distant past – until fresh evidence suggests usually, and Karen is named directly into unravel a case where there is nothing as it seems. It’s not long before an overheard discussion draws Karen in to the heart of the different case, however – a surprising crime she thought she’d already avoided. As she inches nearer to the twisted truths in the centre of the murders, it turns into very clear that she’s coping with a version of justice terrifyingly different to her own .