The story is set in Edinburgh, Scotland. Inspector Jenny Logan is summoned by Sergeant Grant to the
house of fashionable restaurateur, Alex Maclennan, who has been found dead on the floor of the
bathroom, behind a locked door. The body wasfound by Alice Maclennan, the victim’s wife, and her
brother, Donald Johnstone. After questioning them,Logan suspects there may be suspicious circumstances.Later, Logan questions Ian Ross, manager of Alex Maclennan’s restaurant. She discovers that Ross is a salaried manager, not a partner. She also discovers that Ross used to be in the army. Grant reveals that Johnstone has major financial problems and is heavily in debt. The pathologists then confirm the cause and time of Alex Maclennan’s death but cannot say