When pieces of human flesh were found in a container being prepared to be sent out to sea, the biggest manhunt in the history of the Granite City began. In the late eighties of the last century, the Butcher killed people all over the UK. He turned the victims into pieces of meat that were supplied to stores. All this continued until the Grampian police sent him to jail. But... several years passed, and the killer was released on appeal. People began to die again. After the tragic death of Detective Brooks, who was working on the Butcher case, Sergeant Logan Macrae begins to realize that he should dig elsewhere...