After thirty years away, Met detective DI Ruth Calder returnsto Shetland on the trail of Ellen Quinn – the scared witnessto a London gangland murder. In Lerwick, Tosh pauses herinvestigation into a string of sinister animal deaths to helpCalder find Ellen before it's too late.Ellen's family are theinfluential and notorious Bains, led by dominant matriarch,Grace. Calder and Tosh discover her mother Stella and fatherKieran haven't seen Ellen since she left for London six monthsago and are surprised to hear that she's back inShetland.Matters are made worse when armed London gangsters -the experienced Howell and volatile Nowak - arrive on the Isleson a mission to silence Ellen.On top of the twists and turns ofthe case, Calder is faced with figures from her past includingher ex-boyfriend Cal Innes and estranged younger brother Alan– now the minister of their late father's old church.However, these siblings have starkly different views of theirshared childhood.As the case gathers momentum, Calder and Toshare stunned by news of a brutal murder which has all thehallmarks of organised crime. However, there's another shockin store for the team.
