STRIP JACK

GREGOR JACK, MP, WELL-LIKED, YOUNG, MARRIED TO THE FIERY ELIZABETH - TO THE OUTSIDE WORLD A VERY PUBLIC SUCCESS STORY. BUT JACK'S CAREFULLY NURTURED CAREER PLANS TAKE A TUMBLE AFTER A 'MISTAKE' DURING A POLICE RAID ON A NOTORIOUS EDINBURGH BROTHEL. THEN ELIZABETH DISAPPEARS, A COUPLE OF BODIES FLOAT INTO VIEW WHERE THEY SHOULDN'T, AND A LUNATIC SPEAKS FROM HIS ASYLUM...INITIALLY REBUS IS SYMPATHETIC TO THE MP'S DILEMMA - WHO HASN'T OCCASIONALLY SUCCUMBED TO TEMPTATION? - BUT WITH THE DISAPPEARANCE OF JACK'S WIFE THE GLAMOUR SURROUNDING THE POPULAR YOUNG MAN BEGINS TO TARNISH. SOMEONE WANTS TO STRIP JACK NAKED AND REBUS WANTS TO KNOW WHY...