"In this hypnotic tale of guilt, deceit, murder and the secret history of Scotland, award-winning novelist Denise Mina guides John Constantine into a new era of his macabre career-- and a mystery that, Constantine knows all too well, seems destined to end in his own death. Beginning with a chance meeting in a London pub, Constantine finds himself swept along on the road to Glasgow, Scotland, where the murder rate is soaring and the most popular diet consists of cigarettes, whisky and sugar-- in other words, a city where Constantine feels right at home. But things are different this time. Constantine has been cursed with the worst thing he can feel: empathy for his fellow human beings"--Page 4 of cover.