Glasgow, Scotland: When a man’s body is pulled from the River Clyde, Strathclyde Police initiate a murder investigation that exposes deadly links to organized crime gangs. When the matriarch of the notorious Shepherd family disappears, DCI Andy Gilchrist of St Andrews CID and his associate, DS Jessie Janes, are called upon to find her. But their investigation uncovers a historical trail of missing persons, now all presumed murdered.

Why pull in Gilchrist and Jessie for a murder in Glasgow? And can they locate the missing bodies?

As Gilchrist and Jessie dig deeper, they expose an illegal body disposal gang, and a murderous plot to change the balance of criminal power in Scotland and beyond. But the organized crime gangs won’t give up quietly, and they put in motion murderous acts of retribution, with their sights set firmly on Gilchrist.

But Bully Reid, a career criminal who still pulls the strings from behind bars in Barlinnie prison, is a brutal killer Gilchrist put away years ago. Can Gilchrist and Jessie survive Bully’s revenge? Or will they end up like all the others – just two more missing bodies?