Meanwhile, independent auditor Patricia Wain travels north to investigate suspected financial malpractice at Shires Financial Services. Before she can begin her work, she is followed, threatened and eventually disappears. Her case draws Nash into a dangerous investigation involving fraud, corporate secrets and people willing to kill to protect themselves.
As the seemingly separate cases begin to converge, Nash and his CID team uncover links stretching back years, involving the Macaulay family, Bishopton Investment Group and a series of unexplained deaths and disappearances.
With lives at risk and the truth buried beneath layers of deception, Nash must discover who is behind the killings before another victim becomes both dead and missing.