Rebus is accompanied by Lumsden on a flight to Bannock, where they find protesters handcuffed to the oil rig's railings. After learning that Mitchison hosted the Save Our Oceans charity concert, Rebus heads back to Aberdeen, where he is picked up by a couple of "woolly suits". He is questioned by Ancram and CI Grogan, as a woman was killed in the vicinity where Rebus was the previous night. Learning that the latest victim accompanied Fletcher to Burke's Club, Rebus phones Grogan to tell him. In lieu of Rebus' being suspended, he has to accept the oversight of Jack. Bible John wrestles with the idea of tipping off the police about his own findings, but decides to deal with the Upstart himself.