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Lifelong friends Lori Graham and Stephanie Lyle are sitting on the balcony of Lori's flat in Glasgow, chatting, drinking, enjoying the summer's warmth. Until the peace is shattered by the sound of gunshots from a drive-by shooting. Running to investigate, the women find both their worlds shattered. One of their sons is the shooter, and one is the victim. As Lori and Stephanie try and pick through the pieces, they discover that they themselves hold the key to why their boys have turned on each other.

Karl Kane is a private investigator with a dark past. As a child, he witnessed the brutal rape and murder of his mother. The same man sexually molested Karl, leaving him for dead with horrific knife wounds covering his body. Years later, Karl has a chance to avenge his mother's murder by killing the man responsible. The opportunity arises on one unforgettable Good Friday night. For reasons he later regards as cowardice, Karl allows the opportunity to slip through his hands.

Karl Kane, l'irréductible privé de Belfast, est confronté à Walter Arnold, l'homme qui a brutalement assassiné sa mère sous ses yeux, quand il était enfant, avant de le laisser pour mort à côté du cadavre. Quand une très jeune fille disparaît après l'incendie suspect de la maison familiale, Kane le soupçonne aussitôt. De fait, Arnold, inexplicablement libéré après de nombreuses années en prison, séquestre l'adolescente ainsi que Tara, une proie moins innocente qu'il y paraît.