A multi-million pound conterfeit manufacturing operation with international connections has moved into the Scottish crime scene, and has prospered as it has spread - until the arrival of a rival group calling themselves The Cutters, who rule by fear Detective Superintendent Thane is given the task of smashing The Cutters His first real breakthrough comes when he and his wife are invited to a glittering rag-trade fashion show - but the Crime Squad are to be hard hit before the all-important answers come together