he only thing BKA profiler Kiran Mendelsohn wanted was to spend a relaxed vacation in Scotland, Highlands and Whysky-Trail. The innocent endeavour is thwarted by a friend Kiran needs to assist in northern Inverness stopping the invasion of a ruthless US oligarch. That done, Kiran gets called to London where he is to investigate the mysterious cardiac death of a German engineer. Together with the NSA, his British counterparts, Kiran and his team begin to investigate in Greater London. It soon turns out that neither victim nor manner of death were isolated cases.

London/Scotland before Brexit. The rift between Europe and the UK is intense, the divorce, however, still a looming backdrop. In such unstable times, first dark forces begin to line up for the new order that is to come. And they are taking no prisoners. The German-English team uncovers a series of murders whose professional execution shouts international implications. The deeper they delve into the lives of the increasing number of victims, the closer they’re getting to their opponents. The showdown begins when a colleague dies and the infuriated team attacks – regardless of casualties.