Detective Sgt. Logan McRae, just back on the job in Aberdeen, Scotland, after recuperating from a knife wound received from a murder suspect, becomes caught up in the investigation of a serial killer who is targeting some of the youngest members of the community, and to make things even more difficult, someone inside the department is leaking confidential information to the press.
Scottish writer Esther Woolfson details fascination with corvids, based on experiences with her own pet birds, which includes a rook named Chicken, a talking magpie, a baby crow, a starling, a parrot, and others.
