Detective Inspector Rebus, assigned to the cold case squad in Edinburgh, Scotland, is visited by a mother who is still looking for answers about her daughter's disappearance decades ago. Nina Hazlitt, mother, believes her daughter was the first victim of a serial killer who hunts along the A9, a stretch of road in Scotland. As Rebus uncovers details about past disappearances of young women along the A9, another young woman vanishes.
Maverick Detective Inspector Rebus has been solving cases for twenty five years, starting with Knots and Crosses.
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