Elizabeth Sinclair

The soldier in the spinal carriage can neither move nor speak. Who is he? His fellow wounded and officers are intent on finding out.

Radio host Alan 'Dickie' Bird witnesses how an icecream van is attacked and destroyed by angry competitors. This leads him into the struggle between two Italian families over the icecream market of Glasgow.

Una carta que hace sospechar que una joven desaparecida ha sido asesinada lleva al sargento Howie de Scotland Yard hasta Summerisle, una isla en la costa de Inglaterra. Allí el inspector se entera de que hay una especie de culto pagano, y conoce a Lord Summerisle, el líder religioso de la isla.