Publisher's Synopsis
Following the report of the sighting of a body lying half covered in snow on a mountain in the North West Highlands of Scotland, a mountain rescue team is called upon to recover it. The team includes the local detective chief inspector and after a late in the day inspection of the site it is decided to return early the following morning with the help of the rescue helicopter and the new young pathologist. During the recovery the circumstances of the death are in question and as further investigation takes place it appears that a Maltese chef might have been the casualty. This is proved not to be but he is strangely associated with this climbing tragedy and others before returning to Malta to work. The D.C.I., his sergeant and the pathologist follow their suspicions to Malta with the hope of negotiating an extradition but the man proves to be dangerous and elusive. In spite of their promise to keep clear of the work of the local police force they are quickly involved until matters are taken out of their hands.
