Three crime lords control the Glasgow's murky post-war streets, but a small-scale con is trying to invade their territory. Lennox, a hard man in a hard city, is caught in the crossfire so when a body is discovered, his head mashed to pulp, Lennox finds himself in the frame for murder. The only way of proving his innocence is to solve the crime himself.

Shady investigator Lennox stands somewhere between legal and illegal, honour and greed, crims and cops. The one clear thing about Lennox is his certainty that only the toughest and most ruthless survive in his home town of Glasgow.

The McGahern twins are on the way up in Glasgow's grimy underworld. Then Tam, the brains of the two, is killed in a vicious contract killing. Frankie, Tam's identical twin, wants Lennox to find out who killed Tam. Lennox refuses.

Later that night, Frankie turns up dead, and Lennox finds himself in the frame for the murder. The only way for him to prove his innocence is to solve the crime - but he'll have to evade dodgy cops and men more deadly than Glasgow's notorious crime bosses before he gets any answers.

Sensational writing, deft use of humour and page-turning action combine to make this a must-read novel.