"It starts with a Rosie Williams, a prostitute, stripped naked and beaten to death down by the docks--the heart of Aberdeen's red light district. For DS Logan McRae it's a bad start to another bad day. Only a few short months ago he was the golden boy of Grampian police. But following a botched raid that leaves a PC in a coma he's palmed off on a DI everyone knows is jinxed, waiting for the axe to fall with all the other rejects in the "Screw-Up-Squad. Logan's not going to take it lying down. He's determined to escape DI Steele and her unconvential methods, and the best way to do that is to crack the case in double-quick time..."--Inside jacket.