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Detective Inspector John Rebus is staring down the barrel of forced retirement, with only days left on the job when Edinburgh delivers one last, perplexing case. A dissident Russian poet is found brutally murdered, initially appearing to be a mugging gone wrong. However, Rebus's seasoned intuition signals something far more sinister, especially with an influential delegation of Russian businessmen concurrently visiting the city. As he delves deeper, the investigation uncovers a dangerous web of international politics and local crime, further complicated by a brutal assault on a notorious gangster with whom Rebus shares a long, complicated history. With his controversial career drawing to an abrupt close and superiors eager to see him off, Rebus is in a desperate race against time to unravel the truth, questioning if he'll even make it to retirement or if his final case will be his undoing.