Now an inspector, George Watters finds himself in the middle of another puzzling case.

It is 1870 in Dundee, and Watters is ordered to solve a railway robbery. After Lord Balmuir’s factor is found unconscious and robbed of His Lordship’s rent money, Watters begins a search for two mysterious gentlemen who seem to be linked to the case.

His life is further complicated by a gruesome murder of a near recluse in Broughty Ferry. Not used to delegating responsibility, Watters has to alternate between ordering his men into dangerous situations and investigating the duet of complicated cases.

Can Watters prove himself worthy of his new rank and solve the Broughty Ferry murder?