Two seventeen-year-olds are killed by an ex-Army loner who has gone off the rails. As Detective Inspector John Rebus puts it, theres no mystery ... except the why. alone. Army investigators are on the scene, and wont be shaken off. The killer had friends and enemies to spare - ranging from civic leaders to the local Goths - leaving behind a legacy of secrets and lies. Two seventeen-year-olds are killed by an ex-Army loner who has gone off the rails. As Detective Inspector John Rebus puts it, theres no mystery ... except the why. alone. Army investigators are on the scene, and wont be shaken off. The killer had friends and enemies to spare - ranging from civic leaders to the local Goths - leaving behind a legacy of secrets and lies. hospital, hands heavily bandaged, and he wont say how it happened. petty criminal who had been harassing Rebuss colleague Siobhan Clarke?