Shetland Detective Jimmy Perez knows it will be a difficulthomecoming when he returns to the Fair Isles to introduce his fiancee, Fran, tohis parents. It's a community where everyone knows each other, and strangers,while welcomed, are still viewed with a degree of mistrust. Challenging to liveon at the best of times, with the autumn storms raging, the island feels cut offfrom the rest of the world. Trapped, tension is high and tempers become frayed.Enough to drive someone to murder...When a woman's body is discovered atthe renowned Fair Isles bird observatory, with feathers threaded through herhair, the islanders react with fear and anger. With no support from the mainlandand only Fran to help him - Jimmy has to investigate the old-fashioned way. Hesoon realizes that this is no crime of passion - but a murder of cold andcalculated intention. With no way off the island until the storms abate - Jimmyknows he has to work quickly. There's a killer on the island just waiting forthe opportunity to strike again...