UK (Gladestry): Scorpion Press, 2008, hardback with clear acetate wrapper (not shown in the images due to light reflection), limited edition number 10 of 80 numbered copies, 260 pages, 9½" x 6¼". 

With an appreciation of the author by Denise Mina.

Signed by the author on the limitation page. This edition is bound in leatherette and marbled boards using the sheets from the first edition by agreement with Orion. 

Mike Mackenzie is a software entrepreneur who has sold his company for a substantial amount of money but is now bored and looking for a new thrill. 

With a vast collection but limited wall space, the National Gallery has many more valuable works of art in storage than it could ever display. The plan is to stage a heist at the Granton storage depot on "Doors Open Day" during which a selected group of paintings will be "stolen". The gang will then give the appearance of having panicked and fled without the works of art, but will have switched the real paintings with high quality forgeries good enough to convince anyone investigating the matter that no theft has been committed.

Intrigued, Mike willingly helps set that plan in motion. As they begin to plan it out, it becomes clear that they need some "professional assistance" and a chance encounter with Chib Calloway, a local gangster who Mike went to school with, fulfils that need.

Condition: Fine