It's the early 1990's and the wave of political correctness has finally reached the shores of Scotland's capital city. However, no one has remembered to tell the most controversial member of Edinburgh's serious crime squad: Detective Sergeant BRUCE ROBERSTON.

With the festive season upon him, BRUCE is winding down at work and gearing up socially - kicking off the Christmas break with a trip to Amsterdam for a week of sex, drugs and the psychological abuse of his best friend and fellow Masonic Lodge member. There are irritating flies in the ointment though including: his missing wife, alcohol addiction, a dramatic deterioration in his mental health and some increasingly demanding extra-marital affairs. The last thing BRUCE needs is a messy racially motivated murder to solve; despite it meaning plenty of overtime, a chance to fit up some rival colleagues, and to finally clinch the promotion he so desperately craves.