Laidlaw's third and so far final case! Scott Laidlaw is dead. The tragic car accident of his brother deeply shakes Jack Laidlaw. In profound sorrow and with his characteristic thirst for answers, he sets off to the Scottish countryside to find out what really happened. As Laidlaw attempts to reconstruct the last unfortunate days of his brother, he quickly realizes that the depths behind the village facade are at least as deep as those in the Glasgow underworld and in his past, which his investigations inevitably lead him back to.