Lochdubh constable Hamish Macbeth’s life is going to pot. He has-horrors!-been promoted,his new boss is a dunceand a self-proclaimed traveler named Sean and his girlfriend have parked their rusty eyesore of a van in the middle of the village. Hamish smells troubleand he’s right as usual. The doctor’s drugs go missing. Money vanishes. Neighbors suddenly become unneighborly. The tension only explodes after the itinerant Sean is found brutally beaten to death. Suspicion quickly falls on his girlfriendbut with nobody willing to talkthe canny Hamish faces the tough task of worming the facts out of the villagers. As he uncovers a bizarre story around the murdered travelerMacbeth knows he must find the truth soonbefore the killer gets away for good.