a highly rated mystery/thriller series takes a bone-chilling jaunt to scotland.book 8 in the award-winning port stirling series featuring beloved duo matt and fernport stirling, oregon, police chief matt horning and his special agent wife, fern, finally get their well-deserved vacation on a getaway to shetland and the scottish highlands. but their warm-hearted holiday turns deadly in a pulse-pounding game of cat and mouse when they reach edinburgh. did this brazen crime originate back home in port stirling? is it the fallout of one - or several - previous cases resolved by matt and fern? matt must rely on his local team of detectives in oregon to revisit recent cases while he navigates the labyrinth of edinburgh's cobblestone streets, and the maze of police scotland. unused to giving up control, matt is required to work with his new colleague, dci stuart maclean, to assist in the investigation. so many motives...so many reasons to kill. can the team beat the ticking clock deadline, or will the unimaginable happen for matt in his nerve-shattering fight for all that he loves? a spine-tingling thriller for fans of ian rankin, ann cleeves, and val mcdermid.