Summoned in the early hours of the morning to a Glasgow flat, forensic
scientist Rhona MacLeod is confronted by a horrific crime scene. A
teenage boy has been found mutilated and strangled to death by a vicious
killer. But her grim task of scanning for evidence is made even more
unsettling than normal by the boy's remarkable resemblance to her--and
by the fact that she gave up a baby boy for adoption 17 years ago . . .
Overcome by guilt, Rhona sets out to find the boy's killer and establish
whether the young victim is her long-lost son. In doing so, she finds
herself immersed in an investigation that seeks to expose a dark
underworld that preys on the young and vulnerable. As the case builds it
soon becomes clear that some very powerful men have a lot to lose if she
succeeds, and everything to gain if she dies.