It is the year 2020, and Edinburgh is now independent, closely regulated by the Council of City guardians. When a gruesome series of murders is committed - the first in the city for five years - Quint Dalrymple, an engagingly iconoclastic hero, is called to track down the murderer. And in doing so, he uncovers a tale of government corruption, sexslave rings and a serial killer who specialises in a unique form of organ removal.
- ISBN10 0340694912
- ISBN13 9780340694916
- Publish Date 19 March 1998 (first published 13 August 1957)
- Publish Status Transferred
- Out of Print 3 August 2005
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Hodder & Stoughton
- Imprint Hodder Paperback
- Edition New edition
- Format Paperback (A-Format (178x111 mm))
- Pages 345
- Language English