A body is found on the stanchions of the Tay Rail Bridge. Brutally tortured and thrown from the bridge, the victim is soon identified as a Dundee University student. Police enquiries have barely begun when a second body surfaces and - this time round - it happens right under their noses.
Tommy Lowell is a prominent Dundee businessman. His nephew, who has close links to both victims, is also a student in the city and when it comes to protecting him, it is an easy decision for Tommy to accept help from some of Dundee's more unsavoury characters - many of whom had loomed large in his past.