Publisher's Synopsis
A body is found floating on remote Loch Rannoch, in Perthshire, near the home of the titled landowner. The quiet, experienced figure of Detective Crieff Lamont is sent to investigate what appears to have been a professional killing with a new detective partner by his side. So begins the first week of an investigation in which he struggles to unravel a motive, for despite his intuitive thinking and instinctive style, dark family secrets make honest answers hard to find. But a killer is on the loose, and with tension growing in both his professional and personal relationships, the investigation throws Lamont headlong into a confrontation with powerful, clandestine figures. Enjoy the first book in the exhilarating Detective Lamont trilogy.