When a body is discovered in the remote depths of the Highlands, DCI Karen Pirie finds herself in the right place at the right time. Unearthed with someone's long-buried inheritance, the victim seemsto belong to the distant past - until new evidence suggest ogherwise, and Karen is called in to unravel a case wher nothing is it seems. If's not long before an overheard conversation draws Karen into the heart of a different case, however - a shocking crime she thought she'd already prevented. As she inches closer to the twisted truths at the centre of these murders, il becomes clear that she's dealing with a version of justice terrifyingly different to her own... (Quand un corps est découvert au fin fond des Highlands, la DCI Karen Pirie est au bon endroit au bon moment. Le corps semble ancien, jusqu'à ce qu'un détail montre le contraire et Karen est contrainte de déméler les fils d'une affaire où rien ne semble être ce qu'il paraît en réalité...)