In postwar Edinburgh, Helen Crowther leaves a crowded tenement home for her very own office in a doctor's surgery, although many criticize her for being out of her depth. When she stumbles over a murder she learns that, in this most respectable of cities, no one will fight for justice at the risk of scandal. As Helen resolves to find a killer, she enters a darker world than she knew existed, and in this novel by the author of the Dandy Gilver series, disapproval is the least of her worries now.