The leaders of the free world descend on Scotland for an international
conference, and every cop in the country is needed for front-line
duty...except one. John Rebus's reputation precedes him, and his bosses
don't want him anywhere near Presidents Bush and Putin, which explains
why he's manning an abandoned police station when a call comes in.
During a preconference dinner at Edinburgh Castle, a delegate has fallen
to his death. Accident, suicide, or something altogether more sinister?
And is it linked to a grisly find close to the site of the gathering?
Are the world's most powerful men at risk from a killer? While the
government and secret services attempt to hush the whole thing up, Rebus
knows he has only seventy-two hours to find the answers.