The Clearances seem to have come to Scotland again and Pike finds himself working on the side of villainy.
Pike finds himself a bad risk when he gets the credit for blackmailing an ex-employer.
Employed to collect money owed for damage to a club, Pike gets involved in a complicated case of fraud.
Pike finds that a motorway site can be pretty unhealthy, even if you're trying to pay a debt instead of collecting it.
Who is Pike really following? And come to that, who is really following Pike?
The search for a missing girl takes Pike to the Hebridean island of Falibost, where he encounters the army.
Pike is sought to help four bank robbers escape Glasgow, because one of them is his ex-wife.