The murder of a Headmistress. An embittered and frightened staff room. In a private school of over three hundred can Macleod find the pupil who really doesn't like their teachers?
The brutal murder of the Headmistress of the Applecross Academy for the Gifted brings Macleod and his team to the rural west of Scotland. In a whirlpool of egos and reputations, the team must shift out the strongest feelings that would cause such anger and barbarity in an intellectual haven. As the DCI unearths scandal and intrigue, he finds the veneer of the school peeling and suspects aplenty. Can Macleod give the school a lesson in detection, or will he be bettered by those of a higher intellect?
Corporal punishment is no thing of the past!