"Polish-born detective Dania Gorska, seconded to Dundee's Specialist Crime Division, is called to investigate three murders in which the bodies of the victims are posed in bizarre ways, with clues pointing to a druidic cult - something which her investigative journalist brother Marek is pursuing for his paper. Although Dania's main focus is in solving the murders, she finds herself increasingly drawn to the case of two runaway teenage girls. But when she learns that they were members of the same druid group, she becomes convinced that their disappearance is linked to the murders, and her growing suspicion that the local laird of Backmuir is involved puts her in grave danger ..."--Provided by publisher.