The leaders of the free world descend on Scotland for an international conference and every cop in the country is needed for front-line dutyexcept one John Rebuss reputation precedes him and his bosses dont want him anywhere near Presidents Bush and Putin which explains why hes manning an abandoned police station when a call comes in During a preconference dinner at Edinburgh Castle a delegate has fallen to his death Accident suicide or something altogether more sinister And is it linked to a grisly find close to the site of the gathering Are the worlds most powerful men at risk from a killer While the government and secret services attempt to hush the whole thing up Rebus knows he has only seventy-two hours to find the answers