In a near-future Scotland, cut off from the rest of the UK
by catastrophic flooding, crime is everywhere and everyone is a criminal.

Corsa Moran is different.
Righteous, stubborn, unshakable. Fearless of method and foul of mouth. A brilliant detective
who refuses to turn away from lies and injustice.

But then, in an instant, everything Corsa cares about
is taken away.

Weakened by unbearable personal pain,
she is pushed to accept an official explanation for the tragedy. And in a world where society is barely keeping its head above water, you don’t question authority. You don’t break ranks. You don’t bend the rules.

But Corsa can’t let go. And the more they try to silence her, the deeper she dives, dredging up the sinister truth beneath the drowning world of New Dumfries.

Britain has been ravaged by disastrous flooding, with survivors from the major cities forced to higher ground, north of the border.

When the body of a young refugee is discovered at an
abandoned transit camp,
Detective Corsa Moran is baffled.

In a harsh surveillance society, where everyone is registered and monitored, why can the victim not be identified? And why does such a well-dressed body bear the scars of poverty and violence?

Facing indifference and hostility at work, and deepening crises in her personal life, Corsa seeks answers in The Tail, a depraved and lawless New Dumfries ghetto, where she enters the radar of a dangerous and powerful new enemy.

As Corsa shines her searchlight on the dark forces behind this brutal new world, she is warned that to go further could put her career in jeopardy and her life in danger. But Corsa Moran does not know how to stop.