After three years in the wilderness, hardboiled reporter Gerry Conway is
back at his desk at the Glasgow Tribune. But three years is a long time
on newspapers and things have changed. Once the paper's star reporter,
Conway now plays second fiddle to his former protege, crime reporter
Martin Moir. When Moir's body turns up in a flooded quarry, Conway is
drawn deeper into the city's criminal underworld as he looks for the
truth about his colleague's death. In this, the second book in the
'Conway Trilogy', McIlvanney explores the murky interface of crime and
politics in the New Scotland."