Fleshmarket Close

An illegal immigrant is found murdered in an Edinburgh housing scheme: a racist attack, or something else entirely?

Rebus is drawn into the case, but has other problems: his old police station has closed for business, and his masters would rather he retire than stick around.Siobhan meanwhile has problems of her own.

A teenager hasdisappeared from home and Siobhan is drawn into helping the family, which will mean travelling closer than is healthy towards the web of a convicted rapist.

Then there's the small matter of the two skeletons - a woman and an infant - found buried beneath a concrete cellar floor in Fleshmarket Close.

The scene begins to look like an elaborate stunt - but whose, and for what purpose...?