James Robertson, a local farmer, finds his estranged brother's corpse hanging from a tree. The police claim suicide. But private investigator J. McNee is about to uncover the disturbing truth behind the death. With a pair of vicious London hard men loose in the Scottish city, it's only a matter of time before people start dying. McNee must confront his own demons and these brutal killers in a violent, bloody showdown that threatens to leave no-one alive.