When a grisly murder occurs on a Scottish island, Edinburgh detective Fin Macleod must confront his past if he is ever going to discover if the killing has a connection to another one that took place on the mainland.

A novel that alternates between the glamorous fashion world of Paris and the rugged beauty of the Isle of Harris centers around the murder of a pair of fabric entrepreneurs, which leaves the Parisian police to wonder whether the motive was money or something far more personal.