All Detective Constable Edward Reekie had to do was pick up a prisoner from HMP Grampian and deliver him to Glenfarach, a sanctuary for people who've served their sentences but can't be safely released into the general population. Edward plans to leave before the approaching blizzards shut everything down, but when an ex-cop-turned-gangster is discovered tortured to death in his bungalow, someone needs to take charge. Something nasty has come to Glenfarach, and Edward is standing right in its way.