A wealthy laird's guests are trapped in his estate during a furious storm--but when the laird turns up dead, Scotland's policeman, Hamish Macbeth, is there too..

When quick-witted but unambitious Sergeant Hamish Macbeth is sent to investigate reports that the wealthy new laird of the remote NW Naglar House has disappeared during a violent storm Then he discovers the laird's body. His questions reveal clandestine infidelity, vicious jealousy, deadly revenge, lust, greed and fear. Everyone had motives but who did the deed?