Edinburgh police inspector Jenny Logan is told that convicted murderer Ronnie Campbell has escaped
from prison. Then, a woman’s body is discovered in Holyrood Park. Logan and Sergeant Grant investigate.
The victim’s throat has been cut, probably by a left handed killer. It is probably Morag Mackenzie, a key prosecution witness in the trial of Ronnie Campbell,imprisoned for the murder of Craig Sinclair. Logan visits Jimmy Brown, Morag’s partner, and discovers that Morag had left the flat at midday, most likely to see her ‘main man’, a mysterious character that she received money from. Later a car stolen by Campbell is found in the vicinity of Morag’s flat. Logan decides to interview Sinclair’s sister Jean Drummond. She tells Logan that Sinclair and Campbell used to work together, and that shortly before Sinclair was murdered, he had boasted of becoming rich on the proceeds of crime.