tə kˈɑːmplᵻkˌeɪt θˈɪŋz fˈɜːðɚ, ðɪ ˈɑːfɪsɚz ɪnðə kˈoːɹs ɑːɹ ɐsˈaɪnd ðɪ ʌnsˈɑːlvd nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd nˈaɪnti fˈaɪv kˈeɪs ʌvðə mˈɜːdɚɹ əvə ɡlˈæzɡoʊ ɡˈæŋstɚ, ɐ kˈeɪs ɚɹˈɪdʒɪnəli ɪnvˈɛstᵻɡˌeɪɾᵻd baɪ wˈʌn ʌv ðˌɛm ænd ɐbˌaʊt wˌɪtʃ ɹᵻbjˈuːz nˈoʊz ˈɔːl tˈuː mʌtʃ.
To complicate things further, the officers in the course are assigned the unsolved 1995 case of the murder of a Glasgow gangster, a case originally investigated by one of them and about which Rebus knows all too much.